Never been a fan of the type,always looked ‘wrong’ to me,going right back to seeing it on the big screen as a nipper.

Men of the Battle of Britain,signed by 40 Battle of Britain pilots,

Flying Start by Hugh ‘Cocky’ Dundas.It was Johnnie Johnsons personal copy from Cocky and is inscribed to Johnnie from him.

Worth next to nothing, but the book that started me into all this madness, Famous fighters of the Second World War, by William Green.It was my Uncles, and given to me when I was about 8 years old.

Some Americans discussed this film on WIX recently and rated it as a B grade film, with bad acting, a poor script and compared it to Midway! Amazing the differences in culture when viewing films.

I dont think I’ve ever read a good review of the film, they obviously just dont get it :rolleyes:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/20/georgia.plane.ap/index.html

I was suprised at Yeagers response on hearing about Crossfields death.He said he wasn’t suprised as Crossfield was the kind of pilot that took risks. Asked what sort of risks, he said flying in weather that he (Yeager) wouldn’t have gone up in.
Whatever, he certainly had the right stuff and died what he loved doing.

Theres only one way a future ‘classic’ film about Bomber Command can be done, and thats with CGI. The sooner the better as far as I’m concerned.

I’m no expert on the P-40 but heres my opinion for what its worth.At the time of the Battle of Britain, the Tomahawk Mk1 would have been the type in service, not as good as the later Kittyhawk which did well in the desert against the ME 109. Considering the Tomahawk would have been at a height disadvantage most of the time and most of the combats were at medium and high level, I can’t see it would have done any better than the Hurricane, and definately couldn’t have performed as well as the Spitfire. Many RAF pilots only survived because of the turning ability of their aircraft, so the P-40 would have been at a disadvantage there.In short I think the RAF would have been in big trouble using it.