I took it to read largest non-British contingent in the RAF rather than in within a fixed geographic area, otherwise it’s like saying ‘Australians made up the largest contingent from Australasia’ er yes….but….

Just after the fall of the wall some RAF sports divers went up, a fair amount was still there in 1990 though some had been taken for scrap over the years, one of the divers said most of the wings were intact but visability was just about zero and its sitting in a chemical soup of muck from the powerstation. I think someone drowned diving on it during the DDR days so the locals had become a bit wary.

when we visited Deter Proffer and his guys very kindly put us up and showed us around the museum and his own private airforce in the powerstation

The American Revolution

Brits v Hessian mercs – the Brits won (where was Washington born again?)

and the War of 1812,

Was that the one where the US tired (and failed) to capture Canada, or where the Brits burnt the Whitehouse?

Wiki time

Once Britain and The Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814, France and Britain became allies. Britain ended the trade restrictions and the impressment of American sailors, thus removing two more causes of the war. After two years of warfare, the major causes of the war had disappeared. Neither side had a reason to continue or a chance of gaining a decisive success that would compel their opponents to cede territory or advantageous peace terms.[52] As a result of this stalemate, the two countries signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814. News of the peace treaty took two months to reach the U.S., during which fighting continued. The war fostered a spirit of national unity and an “Era of Good Feelings” in the U.S.,[53] as well as in Canada.[54] It opened a long era of peaceful relations between the United States and the British Empire.[55]

So one victory for the Brits, one draw…….

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I can live with the cgi, I can even live with the iffy 262 markings but what is a bit off is the sentimentality, team hugs and gosh-darn we can do it style of storytelling. Ok, I know it’s just a bit of film fluff but if I was a veteran of the 332nd I’d be embarrassed to be portrayed like that, rather than part of a professional outfit just trying to do my job. I’d also worry about the other Fighter Groups being ‘blamed’ for glory hunting rather than following escort orders – fighter sweeps were 8th AF policy based on sound tactical thinking – twisting that to fit the story narrative is a little disrespectful

dunno but I remember reading that many post-war prefabs were made of aviation grade aluminium

How many of its passengers did TU 144 kill ? 0 (zero). Even divided by by low number of flight hours, that gives 0 fatality rate.
How many of its passengers did Concorde kill ? 100 (one hundred).

I think that’s the crassest comment I’ve ever heard on this forum, are you proud of yourself?

because Skipper hates Jerrys

I think they are quite rare, is there a slot on the front for a cap badge? The rumour at the time was Vickers used sub-standard steel making the helmets brittle so not a lot of use as intended

the Free State (as was) was quite embarrassed about how ‘Germanic’ the Defence force looked at one time and had thousands squashed and used as landfill. The UK government I believe shipped off a load of ‘Tommy’ helmets as replacements.