As the title says, tomorrow is 80 years since the Spitfire first flew. Good job it was alright, or things might be a bit different here in blighty......
Colin M...
Colin M...
Sounds about right it really winds me up when they do that on programs\ said:bbc had a it on the news today about it
shame they had a clip of hurricanes :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
It goes on to out classed by the Bf 109 F and out of front line service as a fighter in Europe in 1941\ said:Mind you I think the hurricane was better easier to produce easier to service better gun platform more rugged ie could take off from smaller rougher fields the list goes on
Roger
Undoubtedly, because the alternatives in Fighter Command (assuming there are no more Spitfires, which there weren't) are Blenheims and Defiants, or given a bit of 'what iffery', Furys\ said:Without the Hurricane, we'd most likely have lost the Battle of Britain.
Point taken\ said:It goes on to out classed by the Bf 109 F and out of front line service as a fighter in Europe in 1941
Cheers
Steve
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