Originally posted by Janie
B29 – Only aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in combat (1942)[/I][/COLOR]

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume this date is a typing error. 😉

Originally posted by mike currill
Rememver that the Mosquito was never used as an interceptor though. More like a case of stooge around until something turns up then knockit down as in the night fighter role. This is exactly the scenarion envisioned for the F variant of the Tornado.

I never said it was an interceptor, though. The comment was that a ground attack aircraft can’t also be a good fighter.

I’m so envious, Moggy. Enjoy the opportunity, just don’t stick a parachute on him and make him jump out! 😉

Great photos, but its perfectly obvious that they are carefully staged photos of models, and not the real thing! Nice try!! 😉

I suspect (although can’t confirm for certain) that BLA = British Liberation Army.

I don’t know if this is what you’re looking for, but M R D Foot in his official history, SOE in France, mentions that J B van Schelle was codenamed Apollo. His aircraft crash-landed east of Antwerp after an attack by a night fighter on its way to Holland in October [1943??]. I’ll check some of my other SOE books, since I suspect there must be another SOE Apollo, but I thought I’d post this just in case.

Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing them. I love the Hawker group but I especially like the Tornado colour scheme. I never thought I’d like a Tornado – I see too many of them screaming up and down the glens round here – but this is a superb scheme and makes a great photo.

Having written a couple of small books myself, I would suggest that whatever you do write about has to be something that interests you. If not, it can be difficult to motivate yourself to sit and write. There’s no point in choosing the air war in the Far East if you’re only interested in the European theatre, for example.

My own preference would be for you to write something ‘different’. I always like to see new subjects covered which haven’t already been touched on. There’s little need for another non-fiction book on the Battle of Britain, for example, unless you do manage to find a fresh approach. :rolleyes:

From a personal point of view, I find non-fiction easier to write. Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, you still have to do the historical research to get your details correct, and the non-fiction at least cuts out the having to invent a storyline part!

Whatever you do choose to write, I look forward to reading it in due course.