Britains Greatest Pilot

[Joe CurryGan]

Douglas Bader. Great in the air, but crap on the ground. (Bernard Manning circa 1978)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ball

 

[i kne albert davy]

Johnnie Johnson weren't bad.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Anyone who flew the Messerschmitt Komet, just to try it out, knowing that a tea spoonful of fuel left on landing could explode ( and often did) was a brave foolhardy hero!

It was also chilling to hear him say that he was sent to evaluate Nazi air technology after the war ended and was staggered at how far ahead of the Allies they had been.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Watched a programme on the discovery channel a month or so ago where 2 21y/o P51 pilots took on approx 50 ME109s. They flew up at them from below and caused utter chaos for about 10 minutes shooting down 7. They could only estimate at the amount the Germans shot down of their own.

 

[kinkyblue]

Just watching it again, why have they never made a film of this man?

 

[west didsblue]

Just watching it again, why have they never made a film of this man?

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3785088/

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You spelt pillock wrong.

Says the man who calls himself “Bimbo.”

I prefer the name “Biggles,” as it is all made up and I can pretend I am actually all daring-do when I’m anything but!

 

[scousemanc]

I watched this last night. What a brilliant programme and what an interesting, brave and extraordinary pilot