yes i aggre it very important we keep these planes flying just thought the name might be a little confusing to some people

I don’t aggre, sorry I mean agree. Your average punter today wouldn’t know that the Lancaster didn’t fight in the BoB, and which mark of Spitfire/Hurricane that is being displayed, therefore the BBMF name is fairly irrelevant to them.

Only us anoraks, us happy few, we band of bothers that are blessed with this knowledge, and therefore it is our destiny Luke to carry it forward, to enlighten the many.

Also, has Ray Hanna relocated back to New Zealand?
T J

Better climate and no capital gains 😉 Right time to sell then !!!!

According to FCL.

No Defiant losses on 13 May 1940.

Mark

Mark

Page 15 FCL Vol 1

According to Fighter Command Diaries 264 Sdq suffered 4 Cat E on May 13th.

According to the BoB website L6965 was lost 0n 24 August 1940 !!!! I’m at work does anyone have FCL close to hand who can confirm this ?

http://www.battleofbritain.net/0029.html

Casablanca (1942)

Rick

“Here’s looking at you, kid”

“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”

“Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life”.

Isla :-

“Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.”

“Play it once, Sam. For old times’ sake”

15 September 1940, Sgt Ray Holmes was the pilot of a 504 Sqn Hurricane P2725 (TM~B) that rammed a Do17 that he thought was intent on bombing Buckingham Palace and then bailed out. His a/c crashed into the junction between Buckingham Palace rd and Ebury Bridge, the tailess bomber crashed into part of Victoria Station.

Substantial remains of the Hurricane were recovered from a depth of 12ft under the junction during an excavation on 29/30 May 2004 during a live televised Channel 5 programme during which Ray Holmes present. Though he was more interest in the young lady TV Presenter, than the actual dig.

I don’t doubt what has already been said, but is picture 1 the same aircraft as picture 2 ? If so there is not much left of (or any evidence) of the turret. Also did the Defiant have wing mounted radiators, as it appears that just below the lad with the large stick that there are the remains of a starboard side wing mounted radiator.

And as Mark say’s the tail flash appears to be French !!!! Even if the neg had been reversed this would still be wrong.

I’ve done a quick Google and thought this could in fact be a Dewoitine, but on further study I was wrong.