[Drawsing]

Holmes had run out of ammunition so he flew his Hurricane directly into the German plane.

Words fail me as I contemplate this act of heroism. Please God put this same kind of spirit in our leaders and fighting men today. Please God let president Bush embody this same courage as he faces political opposition.

[elbucko]

"Fighter Pilot"

He was no Galahad, no knight sans peur et sans reproche.
Sans peur? Fear was the second enemy to beat.
He was A common, unconsidered man, who, for a moment of eternity
Held the whole future of mankind in his two sweating hands
And did not let it go.

Remember him,
Not as he is portrayed, but as the man he was.
To him you owe the most of what you have and love today.

Poem by:
Air chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, Royal Air Force, GCB, OBE, DSO,
Chairman, Battle of Britain Fighter Association, Past Vice-President, The Spitfire Society