Apparently “lifted” from another web site according to this post at another site –

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1430591961/These+photos+were+%27lifted%27……….

This is wonderful news – I wish the team every success in this project.

On another site he is known as Swen from Sweden, he was banned from another well known aviation site,as this is just away to get hits on his blog.
Spam basically.

Yep – spam.

Banned on at least two sites I know. Uses lots of recycled pics that initially were without attribution until complaints rolled in.

I found the answer – you are being pursued by that legendary fighter for truth, justice and the downtrodden everywhere, the Green Arrow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Arrow

So what did you do to upset him?

Must be you – looks the same as always to me.

The medals are issued to the individual as an acknowledgement of their service on behalf of their nation. They are issued so the individual may have some tangible way of showing that they served – so as I see it if an individual’s service earned them the medals (bearing in mind that military pay isn’t exactly overly generous and the job itself can be inherently dangerous) then the individual is justified in owning the medals and disposing of them as they wish. Sell the medals, bequeath the medals, donate to a museum etc. that is the individual’s right. The nation may wish to set up funds to make sure that some types of medals that are awarded for conspicuous bravery etc. are retained as part of its heritage however as the individual, not the state earned the medals then it remains the individual’s or their legal heirs’ right to dispose of the medals as they wish.

Can I suggest that as we have digressed into matters that are … well … sensitive that the following solution may offer the best solution for either of the film makers in their efforts to bring us, the eager anoraks, remakes of two classic British stiff upper lip war films.

In the case of The Dambusters I suggest that Wesley Snipes be cast as Gibson – that way if the dog’s name is used then it will give the character of Gibson a chance to sentence the perpetrator to an unlimited imprisonment in the guard house, not to mention being stripped of all rank, decorations etc.

For the Bader film Reach for the Leg Strap Wesley Snipes would also be a good choice because he could present the character of Bader as a cheerful, jive talking brutha who don’t take no **** from old honkies like Dowding. Also it would guarantee American box office returns because the sight of this brutha being carried around by his faithful (grumbling batman) in Colditz would at last remove any taboos that still exist in the deepest parts of the deepest South.

I offer this solution to the deep and meaningful problems of proper depiction of historical characters in modern films for the uninformed public.

😀 😀 😀

I shall go now.