parsifal
Colonel
its amazing just how tellingly accurate that statement is.....Ive read that 90% of the killing is done by 10% of the pilots, but these 90% are still needed to protect the real killers....safety in numbers and all that
This Day in the Battle of Britain
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Repeat please .....
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
If only I could hit the 'Like' button about 50 times for that post!!!
My favorite quote from the film...
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"Corporal!"
"Sah!"
"Where are you taking those vultures?"
"Officers to the mess, NCOs to the guardroom, sah"
"Like hell you are, they're responsible for all that, get 'em to clear it up!"
"But what about the officers, sir?"
"Give them a bloody shovel!"
Beautifully delivered by Sir Ralph Richardson! The script writers really nailed it with that film; they really had their finger on the pulse of the time and each situation - cleverly witty.
"Sah!"
"Where are you taking those vultures?"
"Officers to the mess, NCOs to the guardroom, sah"
"Like hell you are, they're responsible for all that, get 'em to clear it up!"
"But what about the officers, sir?"
"Give them a bloody shovel!"
Beautifully delivered by Sir Ralph Richardson! The script writers really nailed it with that film; they really had their finger on the pulse of the time and each situation - cleverly witty.
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
"For the benefit of the un-educated among us, I shall translate.." (Flt/Lt.)
"Marchand can't believe Sedan has fallen - I can" (Flt/Sgt)
(Sideways glance from Officer)
Priceless!
"Marchand can't believe Sedan has fallen - I can" (Flt/Sgt)
(Sideways glance from Officer)
Priceless!
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
You guys ought to go back through the thread. I've added a bunch of new pics that relate for each day including a few maps and extras.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Some new additions:
First some new pics.......
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and then this:
Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census
Was your street bombed during the Blitz?
An interactive map has been created showing where German bombs landed on London during eight months of the Second World War Blitz. The year-long mapping project, devised by geographer Dr Kate Jones of the University of Portsmouth, uses red bomb symbols to illustrate where each bomb landed.
The map shows how the entire greater city, from Egham in the west to Dartford in the east, Potters Bar in the north and Caterham in the south, was affected.
Dr Jones chose to focus on the period of the Blitz which saw the most intensive bombing period by the Luftwaffe which killed thousands and destroyed more than a million homes.
The Bomb Sight project uses a slightly longer timeframe for mapping what bombs fell where because it uses maps of the London Second World War bomb census, taken between October 1940 and June 1941 which until now has only been available to view in the reading room at the National Archives.
The locations of the bombs have been combined with geo-located photographs from the Imperial War Museum and geo-located memories from the BBC's WW2 People's War Archive. Users can manipulate the map and zoom into specific streets or boroughs as well as find out what type of bomb was dropped where.
Funded by higher education charity Jisc, Dr Jones has created a website and mobile app to make the interactive map available to the general public, especially students, teachers and citizen researchers.
Paola Marchionni, Jisc programme manager, said: ''Bomb Sight is a fantastic resource and it shows the power of what is possible by mashing up content from that which resides in different places. The original Blitz maps have been scanned and geo-referenced thanks to the National Archive and testimonials from the BBC have been incorporated together with historical images from the Imperial War Museum to create an interactive teaching and learning resource that is similar to a map sat nav.
''There will be an augmented reality and mobile version available in December making the resource even more interactive.''
First some new pics.......
.
and then this:
Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census
Was your street bombed during the Blitz?
An interactive map has been created showing where German bombs landed on London during eight months of the Second World War Blitz. The year-long mapping project, devised by geographer Dr Kate Jones of the University of Portsmouth, uses red bomb symbols to illustrate where each bomb landed.
The map shows how the entire greater city, from Egham in the west to Dartford in the east, Potters Bar in the north and Caterham in the south, was affected.
Dr Jones chose to focus on the period of the Blitz which saw the most intensive bombing period by the Luftwaffe which killed thousands and destroyed more than a million homes.
The Bomb Sight project uses a slightly longer timeframe for mapping what bombs fell where because it uses maps of the London Second World War bomb census, taken between October 1940 and June 1941 which until now has only been available to view in the reading room at the National Archives.
The locations of the bombs have been combined with geo-located photographs from the Imperial War Museum and geo-located memories from the BBC's WW2 People's War Archive. Users can manipulate the map and zoom into specific streets or boroughs as well as find out what type of bomb was dropped where.
Funded by higher education charity Jisc, Dr Jones has created a website and mobile app to make the interactive map available to the general public, especially students, teachers and citizen researchers.
Paola Marchionni, Jisc programme manager, said: ''Bomb Sight is a fantastic resource and it shows the power of what is possible by mashing up content from that which resides in different places. The original Blitz maps have been scanned and geo-referenced thanks to the National Archive and testimonials from the BBC have been incorporated together with historical images from the Imperial War Museum to create an interactive teaching and learning resource that is similar to a map sat nav.
''There will be an augmented reality and mobile version available in December making the resource even more interactive.''
Smokey Stover
Banned
My family are from the west midlands area, Birmingham to be precise. One of my grandfathers was a fireman during the blitz. A big strong man with a no nonsense attitude. He was one of those working class citizens who made do and always tried to provide for his family, as well as helping his neighbours when in times of dire need. Friends and family described him as a hard working guy with a kind heart but no fool. Nothing ever phased him. At least until the night of 14th November 1940. His fire unit was ordered to quickly head for Coventry city centre. The devastation caused that night was nothing short of mass slaughter. The Luftwaffe dropped hundreds of tonnes of bombs on the city. So hot was the resulting firestorm that concrete walls and streets glowed red all night. The Germans even created a new name for this kind of devastation. The raid reached such a new and severe level of destruction that Joseph Goebbels later used the term coventriert ("coventried") I.e. - To annihilate a whole city from the air. Much of the history is uncontested. In an horrific 12-hour period, many thousands of tonnes of bombs and incendiary devices were dropped on the city by more than 500 German planes. Homes, factories and Coventry's medieval centre, including its beloved cathedral, were destroyed. Hundreds lost their lives and for a while the morale of the city, and the whole country, looked as if it might have taken a mortal blow. n
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