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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:11 pm 
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Happy Battle of Britain Day
Sept. 15th, 1940
Sorry I haven't any spiffy pictures to recognize the day, BUT our British cousins are invited to post any offerings (hint- hint Bomberflight or ManOnTheFence etc.)

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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" Winston Churchill 08/20/1940 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Never ... so_few.jpg

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Or, as he said after touring Boeing, 'Never have so many done so little for so much' :lol: :lol: :lol: :supz:

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Something like this Don ?

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Great stuff Bomberflight. :D

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That's what I'm talking about BomberFlight!

Brings back memories!

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Great stuff! Hope to see the Spit at Ardmore tomorrow.
Interesting discussion on the meaning of 'The Few' and myth at http://airminded.org/2011/08/31/on-the-few/


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Not just Spitfires. A few pics of Hurricanes taken at a Battle of Britain Hurricane airfield - North Weald

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BBMF Hurricane taxies up the runway past our one remaining pre-war hangar, which still displays bomb splinter damage

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One of our Duty Officers retired last year. He has created a number of Hurricane sculptures around the Airfield. The latest one, which was put in position a couple of weeks ago, portrays a Hurricane vic scrambling in 1940 to commemorate 56, 151 and 249 Squadrons.

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Or, as he said after touring Boeing, 'Never have so many done so little for so much' :lol: :lol: :lol: :supz:


:supz: Gawd :lol:I spit my coffee when I read this, now That!! is both funny and ohhhhh so true :drink3:

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