[proud_yank]

military history ping

[Army Air Corps]

Spit' ping.

[proud_yank]

Don't know if this is ping-worthy or not.

[Echo Talon]

Good plane but the Hurricane shot down more enemy planes than the Spitfire did. hurricane doesn't get enough credit IMHO.

[PzLdr]

Once the Germans upgraded the ME -109 to the 'F' and 'G' models, and once they developed the FW 190, they weren't afraid of the Spitfire anymore. The P-51 Mustang on the other hand....

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/spitfire.html

[fanfan]

Canada Ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[Candor7]

I grew up in New Brunswick , Canada. As a youngster in 1958 I met Lord Beaverbrook, who was Minister of Air Production during the Battle of Britain.

His son, Sir Max Aitken, himself a decorated pilot who flew against the Germans, was chancellor of UNB where I went on to acquire two hard earned degrees.Both of those men had iron in their souls, and UNB reflected it.

As young Canadians, many of us wanted to follow in the footsteps of our predecessors. Air Cadets attracted many of my young peers, and me as well.

But of course the Liberals ( Hellyer) and the " Quiet Revolution" ruined the Canadian Military.

The Spitfire was as mythic as a God.Even in the early sixties, we would have cut off several fingers to have been able to fly one.

I am still hooked, and wish I had been born born early enough to have done this:

[Squawk 8888]

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