Battle Of Britain, 70 Years Ago - Stunning Pics

http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2010/07/the_battle_of_britain.html ^ | July 19, 2010

[Tainan]

Well said and a very good analogy. Lack of experience in worldly matters indeed contributing to an excess of zeal misplaced.

[Harold Shea]

There was a German pilot that got a bit confused on directions and landed on a British air-strip

Wonder if was that one lined up with those Spitfires in those pics

Pretty good gift

[Doogle]

I just went searching for one of the opening scenes from the movie.....spitfire low level pass.....*smiles*...thought for sure I could find it...

[Portcall24]

BTW, German radar was (far) technically superior to the Chain Home system, contrary to popular belief.

Green Beach is a book about Brits going to France and trying to learn about German radar. The British radar technician had a soldier with him that had one job...to kill the technician before he was captured by the Germans.

[Guenevere]

Before I read your caption, I glanced at the picture and wondered how many of them ‘came home’....

[Doogle]

nice set of clips of spitfires having fun with spectators on a hilltop...*smiles*

[Doogle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8o41nZWhk

[calex59]

Great Pictures...Thanks.

[calex59]

On the contrary, while the Hurricane was used primarily against bombers, they had a tighter turning radius then either the spitfire or the ME109, they were more agile and they shot down many ME109s and luftwaffe pilots considered it a disgrace to be shot down by a hurricane. Hurricanes shot down more enemy planes than spitfires. They were also very robust and could take more hits than a spitfire and keep flying.

Just the opposite of your statement is true: If it hadn't been for the Hurricanes numbers Britain would have been lost.

[Non-Sequitur]

There’s an old Len Deighton novel titled “Bomber” which is the fictional story of an RAF raid over Germany. If you have a chance to find a copy I highly recommend it. Get past the personal crap in the first chapter or two and it’s a riviting story of what it must have been like for the men doing the flying. And they did it mission after mission.

[calex59]

That was a Stuka dive bomber and I wondered about that one also!:)

[mware]

Best series I ever saw to portray The Battle of Britain, A Piece of Cake.

Their musical score should have won awards.

Check out one minute into video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVZ4W_2Iec&feature=related

[mware]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVZ4W_2Iec&feature=related

[alfa6]

A brief history lesson on the Spitfire, he he

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDDDKnNhuE

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Old Teufel Hunden]

thanks for the pics. I shudder to think how Britian might react today to annihlation. Are there enough patriotic men and women to stand up to tyranny today or would they meekly go quietly into servitude? I can’t answer that question myself but I shudder to think what the answer is...

[PGalt]

Great pictures. Thanks for posting. Thanks to all posters on this educational thread.

[Doogle]

..been on my favorites list since 2008

[OrioleFan]

bump for later

[OKSooner]

"Repeat please."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXf1bhEEXd0

[Ayn And Milton]

Thanks, much appreciated.