Much debate, though, surrounds whether he is actually wielding a golf club to cermonially remove the first divot or if, in fact, he is holding up the first shard of wreckage whilst shouting “I’ve found the first bit, old boy!” Andy Saunders

I think if you look closer at the photograph you’ll see that it is/was a pick axe. It’s a little known fact that during his time in Liverpool he moonlighted with the local Irish community on bomb damage clearance and general reconstruction. He was that successful that a motion was put before the local city council suggesting that the Liver Building should be renamed as the Bader Building and Liverpool as Baderpool. However the motion was defeated by a Labour majority who thought the idea was not PC, that a legless war hero was not quite the image they wanted for their city, which is, in fact, now going to renamed Robbie Fowlerville in recognition of his fine contribution to world peace.

I don’t know where you and Dilip have been doing your research, this is all very basic Bader stuff, don’t you know ?????

An interesting site Merlin3945, the condition of the two prop blades and reduction gear from the Mustang is incredible.

I would say “enjoy” is not a word I would choose when advertising a website feature the remains of crashed aircraft, some of which took lives.

On Golden Pond

Basic Plot

Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage at Golden Pond since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea — whom they haven’t seen for years — feels she must be there for Norman’s birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance’s son. When she returns Chelsea is married and her stepson has the relationship with her father that she always wanted. Will father and daughter be able to communicate at last?

Henry and Jane act together for the last time, and the added attraction of Katharine Hepburn.

And there was me trying to give this thread somesort of credibility 😉

No problem 312 Jura.

In return my boss is in Prague at the moment, could you keep him there for an extra week please. We could do with the break. 😀

Unfortunately with these war time high profile individuals, there is a tendency to accept the public image as gospel. Those not closely associated with these individuals have a propensity to paint their personalities in a slightly different light to reality.

I wonder how many of you watched Reach for the Sky yesterday afternoon, and like me, thought that the character as portrayed by Kenneth Moore is far removed from the real individual as chalk is from cheese ????

The same could be said about Richard Todds portrayal of Guy Gibson.