“Did the ‘Fightning’ ever operate in hours of darkness?”
indeed they did Gareth.
As a small lad in the late 60’s there was many a winter evening when a low sustained rumble would draw me outside to witness a pair of double white dots climbing hard to the east north east in the night sky and you knew that the boys from Wattisham were out on another QRA in search of a Bear somewhere over the southern North Sea.
In those days there was far less general background traffic noise and light pollution at night and they would be about eight to ten miles away pulling a left hand climbing turn to head out over the coast.

Of course back then times were much different and a parent would think nothing of letting a 12yr old lad cycle off with a chum and a packed lunch for the 40 mile round trip cycle ride to sit by the crash gate all day.
It was a little like going fishing really, sometimes you would be there all day and not see a thing, other times well……..it just blew your socks off. 😀
Happy days.

Sadly it just goes to show the old saying is still true.
“A woman will draw you further than gunpowder can blow you”

“Snnhhh Snnhhh” sniffing the air ‘I smell no 109’s’ in my locality but just a minute, could this be why I get a flyby by well known Mustang on a regular basis ? And I thought it was just because it was me and I live where I do, ah well.

From what you have said I think the film makers probably got it about right regarding De-Gualle.
There was a series of TV programmes on the BBC in 2000 for the 55th anniversary of VE day and one of these focussed on the relationships between the allied leaders.
British intelligence regarded De-Gaulle as such a security liabilty in 42/43 that they gave serious consideration to having him fall victim to an “accident”.
Despite his intense personal dislike for the man Churchill refused to let the plot go ahead. If you read some of his writings regarding the actions of the post war French goverment under De-Gaulle it was a decision he later regretted.

Blairgowrie, late in the day over this side of the water but you are probably still up and about, check your Private Messages.
Phil.