Just started “1918 A very British Victory by Peter Hart”.

Many thanks – I will have a look on Amazon.

It’s an interesting point, though. The Blackbird appears here, which I don’t feel is historic, yet. So is the definition of an historic aircraft, for the purposes of the forum, one which is no longer in active service? What about non-military aircraft? Moderators please clarify for this newish member.
Thank you.

I thought the Century Series has always included the 100,101,102,104,105 and 106. The exclusions were 103, 107, 108, 109 andn 110, which was the F4. The 111 was surely never considered as a part of the original sequence.

I have Freeview, but the post referred to “Sat TV”, which I wrongly thought was a subscription channel.:)

You have set out the figures clearly, and having done a bit of reading, they bear out my understanding of the situation, so I would be interested to read the contrary view, of which I am sure there are plenty in this forum!

Yes, you are right, really, Kev. You have been “fortunate”, again not the right word, to have known, personally, brave but always humble individuals who did their bit and survived. And that colours your view of those terrible years. For those of us who have not had that personal experince we are able to separate the, often frightening, experiences of the crews, from the aircraft they flew in and so still enjoy the aircraft, purely as beautifully designed and aerodynamically fine machines.

And I suppose those very airmen you have known would probably speak with love and loathing in equal measure for the various aircraft they crewed.