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May 10^th, 2005 at 8:05am

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On this day in 1940 Mr. W. Churchill took over as PM from Britains great pre-War comedian Neville Chamberlain (famed for his piece of white paper jokes) Shocked

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Reply #1 - May 10^th, 2005 at 8:45am

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ok cool, let the war begin!!
(Hey i have a idea!!, what about making a BBMF SimV flight where björn and others can be the germans, and ozzy and the others being the brits?
What a show!!

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Reply #2 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:11am

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Err the BBMF is ONLY British aircraft Theis! Hence its name Battle of Britain Memorial Flight...
I wonder if there is a German equivilant to salute all their gallant airman? Think we should ask Björm...

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Reply #3 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:15am

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oh ok
so what about a BoB MP Flight?

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Reply #4 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:26am

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Roger, Will and myself did one way back in FS2k2, it was loads of fun. Will had to be the Lanc pilot as;
a) he was the only person who wanted to be
b) he can't do formation flying all that well so we formed up on him Grin

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Reply #5 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:32am

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Err the BBMF is ONLY British aircraft Theis! Hence its name Battle of Britain Memorial Flight...
I wonder if there is a German equivilant to salute all their gallant airman? Think we should ask Björm...

I don't think the Luftwaffe has an official WWII memorial flight. For one thing there are sadly very few airworthy examples of German aircraft. Quite natuarally the Germans tend to think differently about these things & tend to look forward rather than celebrate the past.

PS. I think that young Germans like Bjorn find all the celebrations this year a little hard to take. I can understand that although I saw several German & Japanese veterans enjoying the show at Duxford on Sunday.

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Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:36am

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ok, may i fly the lanc this time??

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Reply #7 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:54am

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Dunno, we'll see what comes. I'm a bit bogged under with work to do much flying at the moment Sad

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Reply #8 - May 10^th, 2005 at 10:07am

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At which time he was First Lord of the Admiralty (again).

Interestingly, as First Lord of the Admiralty (the first time around), he was instrumental in promoting the aerial defense of the UK through the RNAS.

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Reply #9 - May 10^th, 2005 at 10:26am

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One willing MP Spitfire/Hurricane/Lancaster pilot here... Sounds a plan...

WoP Lanc and JF Spits (II/V/IX/XIX)?

...Also just been watching "Churchill - The Hollywood Years" - hilarious. I never knew Shakespeare was American... Wink