The scenes you’re thinking of were filmed on the afternoon of the 6th September, and featured ‘B’ flight of No 74 Sqn; the infamous ‘battle’ which had taken place in the morning having involved ‘A’ flight.

There is also a scene which captured Wellingtons returning on the 4th September from the first offensive RAF operation of the war.

The RAF is also shown intercepting a raid – at the same spot the ‘Battle of Barking Creek’ took place, whilst another shot shows battle damage to a Spitfire, almost certainly caused by ‘friendly’ AA fire during the ‘battle’.

BTW Barking Creek is 20 miles from where the first interception took place and 50 miles from where the two Hurricanes came down.

Geoff.

Geoff,
wasn’t the battle given it’s name for the type of deposit found in Barking Creek rather than a strict geographical location?
Cheers
Andy

Dan
is your friend a certain Gary Austin?

I thought it was just two security bouncer’s, one LARGE and the other rather skinny, removing a small gremlin found hiding in the Aircraft display

The prospect of Steve Patterson as a small gremlin has just lifted my morning.
I shall insist on calling him that when I see him.
Cheers
Andy

Rob
well done for that.
Also on the National Geographic site there were a couple of 1969 commemorative stamps illustrated.
They were released for the fiftieth aniversary of the flight of Alcock and Brown in 1969.
My sister was a stamp collector and I remember she had those two in her collection along with a set released to commemorate The Battle of Britain.
I wish I’d got them now.
Probably not worth too much but nice to have.
Cheers
Andy

If you’d ever seen the the airshow act that Jimmy Franklin put on I hardly think that his accident at Moose Jaw could be included in air transport.

Unless you enjoy outside seating!
He’ll be missed.
Andy

What happened on La Ferte then?
I saw a video of the 109 taking off in a rather wobbly fashion and also taxiing it at a rather high speed (faster than one would taxi a P-39 or similar tri-cycle plane). I raised an eyebrow at that but I’ve never seen it for real myself so can’t really comment on it.

S3D
the pilot got very ‘out of shape’ during his display.
I would say he fell off the top of a loop but then I’d get a load of experts telling me what he did was intentional.
I saw it and I didn’t like it one bit.
Cheers
Andy

Good call, I like your style.

Perhaps we ought to rename this thread “Most amusing ways of panning someone who thoroughly deserves it.”

Any advance on strafing? Do I see a ‘being buried alive in a vat full of very hungry red ants’ at the back there…?

I’ve always imagined clubbing certain people to death with a claw hammer might be quite satisfying.

Or as I said to someone the other day, “if you don’t shut up history will remember me as the Dunstable axe murderer!!”

Later
A.