'Hurricane' - The Poles recognised at last

[stonerblue]

There are a few factors that combined to the BoB victory, of course Hitlers tactics changed and the design progression of the Spitfire meant it could get to higher altitudes than the Hurricane so it became, the big fighter wings also greatly helped but the inability of the Me109 to carry drop tanks cost the Luftwaffe dearly as they couldn't protect their bombers hence they were open to the carnage that ensued.

The Poles also got stitched up in the Arnhem drops, proper airmen and soldiers and about time their heroics were recognised

My friend Wilf was one of those who landed in a glider at Arnhem. Saw him last week looking fit and healthy and still has all his marbles and a glint in his eye. Amazing man.
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/wilf_oldham.htm

 

[JASR]

If one thing could be said to have "won the war" (impossible) it was the rolls-royce Merlin V12 28 litre power plant.

As this thread is about the Poles...
You could also argue that it was the Poles that 'Won the War', for getting the 1st Enigma machine to the UK.... :-)

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

My friend Wilf was one of those who landed in a glider at Arnhem. Saw him last week looking fit and healthy and still has all his marbles and a glint in his eye. Amazing man.
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/wilf_oldham.htm

Amazing man indeed SB. Good read that, thanks for sharing.

 

[stonerblue]

Amazing man indeed SB. Good read that, thanks for sharing.

His, and other old vets stories should be an inspiration and a warning too us all.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

There was a little segment in Anthony Beevor’s excellent The Second World War book about the foreign airmen in the Battle of Britain.

Talking about pilots who had to bale out of their fighter planes “...another Pole landed one afternoon in the grounds of a very respectable lawn tennis club. He was signed in as a guest, given a racket, lent some white flannels and invited to take part in a match. His oppenents were thrashed and left totally exhausted by the time the RAF came to pick him up”

 

[bluethrunthru]

As this thread is about the Poles...
You could also argue that it was the Poles that 'Won the War', for getting the 1st Enigma machine to the UK.... :-)

according the film U-571 this was actually done by the Yanks wasn't it? ha ha ha ha ha

 

[bluethrunthru]

There was a little segment in Anthony Beevor’s excellent The Second World War book about the foreign airmen in the Battle of Britain.

Talking about pilots who had to bale out of their fighter planes “...another Pole landed one afternoon in the grounds of a very respectable lawn tennis club. He was signed in as a guest, given a racket, lent some white flannels and invited to take part in a match. His oppenents were thrashed and left totally exhausted by the time the RAF came to pick him up”

Literally only in England - " care for a few sets my man? I say... can you get him some flannels - he can't play lawn tennis in airforce blue ! "

 

[JASR]

according the film U-571 this was actually done by the Yanks wasn't it? ha ha ha ha ha

The u-boat naval enigma seizing (it was more complicated than the army enigma, so needed to be got, to understand how it worked) was done by a British destroyer (iirc),

 

[bluethrunthru]

The u-boat naval enigma seizing (it was more complicated than the army enigma, so needed to be got, to understand how it worked) was done by a British destroyer (iirc),

You mean Hollywood - THE Hollywood - told us lies ???? Bullshit - next thing you will be telling us Star Wars is made up .................

 

[deano ou812]

according the film U-571 this was actually done by the Yanks wasn't it? ha ha ha ha ha

Funny you should mention that,if I remember correctly it was a few years back but Hollywood was going to make a blockbuster based on the Battle of Britain only problem was they wanted to rewrite history and portray the yanks as the saviours,never got off the ground due to the outcry ( if I remember right) and rightly so ...