'The Secret Spitfires' Documentary screening later in 2017

[Phil Perry]

This looks interesting.

 

Secret Spitfires docu reveals wartime in southern England | Daily Mail Online

 

 

[kaz3g]

Looks very interesting Phil. Thank you.

 

How did the Brits v Poles wash up?

 

Kaz

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Looks very interesting Phil. Thank you.How did the Brits v Poles wash up?

 

Kaz

It seemed to me to be a bit of a daft poll anyway Kaz,. . .when you consider how many other nationals were involved,. . such as 310 Squadron. . .Czechoslovakians. . . . They certainly look like a happy bunch of blokes don't they ?

 

Their British Sqn. Commander is ( Alegedly ) the bloke with the pipe BTW. . .Although he is not named in this picture. . .As you can see,. . the unit flew Hurricanes.

 

 

I've no doubt that the score of German aircraft shot down by this particular Squadron will be available on Wiki Britannica for those interested. . .

 

The R/T exchanges must have been interesting though,. . as English was not generally spoken in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s - 1940s . . .

 

 

[Phil Perry]

I should mention here that, although I was not even a spark in my Dad's eye when all this happened,. . I am seriously thankful that these blokes pictured above decided to volunteer for service in the RAF. AND for all the other people not of English birth who did the same.

 

 

[onetrack]

What a great story, and to keep this hidden for so long, is just amazing!

 

When I saw the thread title, Phil, I thought it was going to be another documentary on those "secret Spitfires" buried in Burma!

 

 

[Phil Perry]

What a great story, and to keep this hidden for so long, is just amazing!When I saw the thread title, Phil, I thought it was going to be another documentary on those "secret Spitfires" buried in Burma!

Amazing story isn't it ? . . can't wait to see the doco.

 

 

[Gnarly Gnu]

Some of those girls would've make the perfect wife - cook, clean and build you plane in between.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Some of those girls would've make the perfect wife - cook, clean and build you plane in between.

You forgot. . .'And clean behind the fridge without whingeing too. . .'

 

 

[old man emu]

Some of those girls would've make the perfect wife - cook, clean and build you plane in between.

Yeah, but they take over your Man Cave in the garage, leaving you cohabiting with the dog again.