Yes, based on the Eagle Squadrons of US volunteers who joined the RAF. For 73.5 kills they lost 77 pilots so you do wonder if everyone would have been better off if they'd stayed at home...Wasn't it an American pilot who won the BoB single handed before going back to Hawaii in that?
Competition to design a Spitfire memorial
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Garry Russell wrote:Doesn't matter Nick.....he still didn't get his Spitfires
Thank goodness!
Nick
PS: never watched that film again since then.
And these youtube-clips just made my mouth water - fantastic non-computer filming but still breathtaking!
Got to put it on my list.
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One shouldn't laugh at the loss of 77 pilots and I'm not.. far from it. However, that comment did make me titterFor 73.5 kills they lost 77 pilots so you do wonder if everyone would have been better off if they'd stayed at home...
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Re: Competition to design a Spitfire memorial
At the risk of getting back on topic, it seems the public is being invited to submit designs, but the winner will be a three-times-lifesize Spitfire, in a flying attitude
If there is budget for a monstrosity like that, why not have three life-size Spitfires, in a 'missing man' formation?
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