Battle of Britain (501 Sqd)

Gage · 26-02-2006, 01:40 PM

There is a fairly famous black and white photo of 501 squadron Hurricanes (side view) taking off, with hangers in the background. Does anybody know where I can download it from? Thanx.

P.S. Their squadron numerals are SD.

Gage · 05-03-2006, 11:15 AM

I kind of found the picture I was after. The other one was taken more to the right hand side.

Gage · 05-03-2006, 06:06 PM

Not the picture but a 501 Sqd, Hurricane.

adamcotton · 23-03-2006, 12:37 AM

SD-N was flown by Plt Off Kenneth Lee, aged 23, who apparently flew totally without fear! I'm not sure if he is still alive (he would be in his late eightes, after all), but he was supposedly a real gung ho type who flew and fought without regard to his own safety. Hero or fool?

von Poop · 23-03-2006, 09:08 AM

Hero! And if he got old, he can't have been too bold.

23-03-2006, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by adamcotton

Hero or fool?

Heroic nutter.
As to the picture, are those Belman hangars in the background?
Kitty

Gage · 23-03-2006, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mosquito617

Heroic nutter.
As to the picture, are those Belman hangars in the background?
Kitty

Not sure what hangers they are.
See my sig for Ken Lee.
A hero in my book but maybe slightly mad.

jhor9 · 19-04-2006, 05:42 PM

About 10 years ago I was on a cruise where I met a Chief Air Marshal of the RAF. Since I was a WW2 bomber pilot we had several chats. I can't remember his name, but it was a Sir and a hyphenated surname, he gave me his card, I had a friend who was a Spitfire pilot in the RAF during the war, he told me that he went to the UK each year for reunions. He told me that during WW2 he was a group captain, he must have attained his high rank in the 60s or 70s. I gave his card to my friend, he called the man before his next trip. he was told to let the Marshal know his flight schedule so that when he got there, he would send a car and he would stay at his home. This went on for 2 or 3 years when the older gentleman passed away. Shortly after he stopped going because there were no more Spitfire pilots to hold reunions. Last year my friend passed away.

Jules Horowitz, pilot. 99th B.G.
my tour 7/43 to 2/44

Kiwiwriter · 21-04-2006, 03:40 PM

I read that there are less than 300 living Battle of Britain pilots left. "The Few" keep getting fewer.

Gage · 21-04-2006, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwiwriter

I read that there are less than 300 living Battle of Britain pilots left. "The Few" keep getting fewer.

To be honest Kiwi I'm suprised it's as many as that.
They will always be immortal.

26-02-2006, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gage Angels one-five Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,186	Battle of Britain (501 Sqd) There is a fairly famous black and white photo of 501 squadron Hurricanes (side view) taking off, with hangers in the background. Does anybody know where I can download it from? Thanx. P.S. Their squadron numerals are SD.

23-03-2006, 12:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
adamcotton Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brighton, England Posts: 352	SD-N was flown by Plt Off Kenneth Lee, aged 23, who apparently flew totally without fear! I'm not sure if he is still alive (he would be in his late eightes, after all), but he was supposedly a real gung ho type who flew and fought without regard to his own safety. Hero or fool? __________________ *Adam* *Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth* *And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings* *Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun split clouds -* *and done a hundred things* *You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.* *Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue* *I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew-* *And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod* *The high untrespassed sanctity of space,* *Put out my hand and touched the face of God.* - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941

19-04-2006, 05:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
jhor9 WW2 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 79	An interesting tale About 10 years ago I was on a cruise where I met a Chief Air Marshal of the RAF. Since I was a WW2 bomber pilot we had several chats. I can't remember his name, but it was a Sir and a hyphenated surname, he gave me his card, I had a friend who was a Spitfire pilot in the RAF during the war, he told me that he went to the UK each year for reunions. He told me that during WW2 he was a group captain, he must have attained his high rank in the 60s or 70s. I gave his card to my friend, he called the man before his next trip. he was told to let the Marshal know his flight schedule so that when he got there, he would send a car and he would stay at his home. This went on for 2 or 3 years when the older gentleman passed away. Shortly after he stopped going because there were no more Spitfire pilots to hold reunions. Last year my friend passed away. Jules Horowitz, pilot. 99th B.G. my tour 7/43 to 2/44

21-04-2006, 03:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,443	A dwindling band I read that there are less than 300 living Battle of Britain pilots left. "The Few" keep getting fewer. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

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von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 7,609	Hero! And if he got old, he can't have been too bold.

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