World War II: In Praise of the RAF

Gerald · 11-06-10, 06:55 PM

Why not fulfill your innermost dreams,

Oberon · 11-06-10, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Why not fulfill your innermost dreams,

Because I'm red-green colour blind and so they won't let me

(something about missing signals and crashing into the backs of other trains...although technically that's stupid because AWS means you'd have to be deaf as well as colour blind in order to SPAD enough to ram another train in the next block section) I could possibly get laser surgery...but I'd have to win the lottery first.

Gerald · 11-06-10, 07:01 PM

Yes things are not free, but there may be alternative ways to proceed,

Oberon · 11-06-10, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Yes things are not free, but there may be alternative ways to proceed,

Health and Safety blocks the way in most respects. However, who knows what the future might well bring. There's still a fair bit of it ahead, unless yubba and the mayans are right of course.

GoldenRivet · 11-06-10, 07:07 PM

In Photo number 3

Either the guy on the left is a Chess Master, or the guy on the right is terrible.

Gerald · 11-06-10, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

In Photo number 3

Either the guy on the left is a Chess Master, or the guy on the right is terrible.

Dowly · 11-06-10, 07:10 PM

LW they did their duty, RAF did their.

IMHO, Hitler & Goering lost the war on BoB. I dont wish germany to had won BoB but it was close. Bombing of german citities and thus german bombeirs targeted to londof was the end.

EFIT: And I', drunkt

Oberon · 11-06-10, 07:21 PM

Indeed to both, no disrespect intended to either side but I'm rather glad the Luftwaffe lost. Not that any potential Sea Lion wouldn't have run into a whole herd of difficulties which would have buggered up any plans for Barbarossa.
But yes, Hitler and Goring, and heck, most of the Nazi high command were key factors in the loss of not only the Battle of Britain but the entire war.
It was close in late August, before the Blitz began, not so much in terms of pilots and aircraft, the factories were churning out Spits and Hurris nine to the dozen, and pilots, admittedly inexperienced ones, were coming online at a growing rate (particularly when the Poles and other nationalities were allowed to join in), however it was the availability of airfields that lead Park to want to move the aircraft north of London, and if he had done that, it would have given less time to scramble and intercept and put more reliance on standing patrols.
Perhaps another thing which influenced the German decision that Operation Sea Lion was not worth it was the possible incursion at Shingle Street in August 1940 which was beaten back by shore based infantry and the flaming sea technique. However, whether this incursion actually happened is another thing entirely, there are eyewitness reports that say it did but the government says that it didn't and the information about it is classified until 2021.

http://www.shford.fslife.co.uk/Shing...etail=overview

TLDR? (or perhaps that should be TDDR [Too Drunk Didn't Read]?)

Yes and yes to your statement.

Gerald · 11-06-10, 07:33 PM

Interesting site and article that you reference to,but 2021 maybe going to shake out more information before its,

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	LW they did their duty, RAF did their. IMHO, Hitler & Goering lost the war on BoB. I dont wish germany to had won BoB but it was close. Bombing of german citities and thus german bombeirs targeted to londof was the end. EFIT: And I', drunkt

11-06-10, 07:21 PM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Indeed to both, no disrespect intended to either side but I'm rather glad the Luftwaffe lost. Not that any potential Sea Lion wouldn't have run into a whole herd of difficulties which would have buggered up any plans for Barbarossa. But yes, Hitler and Goring, and heck, most of the Nazi high command were key factors in the loss of not only the Battle of Britain but the entire war. It was close in late August, before the Blitz began, not so much in terms of pilots and aircraft, the factories were churning out Spits and Hurris nine to the dozen, and pilots, admittedly inexperienced ones, were coming online at a growing rate (particularly when the Poles and other nationalities were allowed to join in), however it was the availability of airfields that lead Park to want to move the aircraft north of London, and if he had done that, it would have given less time to scramble and intercept and put more reliance on standing patrols. Perhaps another thing which influenced the German decision that Operation Sea Lion was not worth it was the possible incursion at Shingle Street in August 1940 which was beaten back by shore based infantry and the flaming sea technique. However, whether this incursion actually happened is another thing entirely, there are eyewitness reports that say it did but the government says that it didn't and the information about it is classified until 2021. http://www.shford.fslife.co.uk/Shing...etail=overview TLDR? (or perhaps that should be TDDR [Too Drunk Didn't Read]?) Yes and yes to your statement.