World War II: In Praise of the RAF

Gerald · 11-06-10, 11:36 AM

It's Not the Size of the Dog in the Fight ...

The pilots of an RAF (Royal Air Force) fighter squadron that destroyed 73 enemy planes and damaged 38 others during the Battle of Britain crowd around a Hawker Hurricane with their canine mascot. Of England's debt to the outnumbered pilots who defeated the Nazi Luftwaffe, Winston Churchill famously said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Ever since, the pilots who defended Britain during those crucial months in 1940 -- Britons, Poles, Czechs, Yanks, Canadians, Aussies, and other volunteers from around the world -- have been known, simply and affectionately, as The Few.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	World War II: In Praise of the RAF It's Not the Size of the Dog in the Fight ... The pilots of an RAF (Royal Air Force) fighter squadron that destroyed 73 enemy planes and damaged 38 others during the Battle of Britain crowd around a Hawker Hurricane with their canine mascot. Of England's debt to the outnumbered pilots who defeated the Nazi Luftwaffe, Winston Churchill famously said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Ever since, the pilots who defended Britain during those crucial months in 1940 -- Britons, Poles, Czechs, Yanks, Canadians, Aussies, and other volunteers from around the world -- have been known, simply and affectionately, as The Few. http://www.life.com/image/3136484/in...ise-of-the-raf __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie