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16-05-2008, 10:05 AM
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 | Dambusters remembered 65 years on A service and fly-past will be held later to mark the 65th anniversary of the World War II Dambusters mission. BBC NEWS | UK | Dambusters remembered 65 years on
__________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by |
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16-05-2008, 11:17 AM
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| Just seen it on Sky news. I wish I'd have known about it earlier. I could have popped up and seen it. I went to the Dewent reservoir late last year, there is some good walking country around there with some stunning views.
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16-05-2008, 11:30 AM
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| Aye. Brave lads indeed. And Richard Todd laying the wreath? Most fitting indeed.
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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16-05-2008, 12:35 PM
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| Just watched the flypast on the news. A fitting tribute.
__________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by |
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16-05-2008, 12:50 PM
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| Great stuff on that BBC link, seeing the BBMF machine soaring around like that... always so much more agile than I imagine. (I feel sorry for the chaps being interviewed, who obviously would rather be watching the skies than talking to the beeb.) Is anywhere showing any film of the modern RAF jets alongside the Lanc as mentioned there? Cheers, Adam.
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16-05-2008, 01:30 PM
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| Link here to BBMF display dates. I shall be seeing them at the Southend Airshow on the Bank Holiday weekend. Southend - Airshow? I hear you say. Good family day out with normally a really good flying programme The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight |
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16-05-2008, 04:03 PM
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| Dambusters anniversary flypast.
__________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by |
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16-05-2008, 08:23 PM
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| They flew over my workplace today but I was stuck inside bloody working! Fitting Tribute indeed. What a fantastic feat. Bless those that never came home. 
__________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. We had a squadron commander who believed in the head-on attack. 'The next raid we go up to intercept, we will do a head-on attack,' he said. So he attacked an Me 110 head-on and I'm afraid Jerry got the better of him and all we found of him was his shirt! Flying Officer Harold Bird-Wilson, 17 Squadron.  |
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