The shiny Pilatus displays white crosses on red discs. How about red crosses on white discs?

Teofil Szymankiewicz was born on 20 December 1918 at Czempin near Koscian (less than 20 miles/30 km south of Poznan).

“Ilek” is short for “Teofilek” which in turn is a pettified form of Teofil, his first name, so no Turkish connection here. It’s somewhat similar to “Betty” being a form of “Elisabeth” – not obvious to foreginers.

And this stain had nothing to do with my Dad.

How about another classic(?) track: “When the smoke is going down”?

Checking on our reliable Wiki I was rather suprised to read that:
“Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.”
Good close-up shot of “Sally B” nose art, anyone?

Are you sure it’s “‘struck off the books’ for accounting purposes” and not “struck of the list of usable military equipment so that we can ask the ministry to supply another one like this”?

Similar bands on another type. From Uncle Sam.

We knew what happend at the end it crashed in Poland. We knew this story for about 5 years now. It was published in the Aviodrome magazine by Harry vd Meer so i am wondering whats in the story. I havent got a copy of it yet i had to order it at the magazine store. If its the sam e it could be a copy we will wait and see. Because we sended a copy to a guy in Katowice working in a airplane museum. we met him at Radom he was with a Polish static display Spitfire from that museum:confused: Smokey

That’s interesting but not very clear.
Who is “We” (in “We knew”)?
What “crashed in Poland”?
What “was published in the Aviodrome magazine by Harry vd Meer”?
What exactly do you mean by saying “If its the same it could be a copy”?
Who was the “guy in Katowice”? (There is no “airplane museum” in Katowice.)