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    The Battle of Britain

    Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battle of Britain, when 'the few' of the RAF faced the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe.

    As they fly historic planes, meet the veterans, explore the tactics and technology, Colin and Ewan discover the importance of the Battle and the surviving legacy of the 1940's campaign for the modern RAF.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...le_of_Britain/

    Just watched this


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    yes i watched most of it, the spitfire

    what i sight to see and hear it over England's green and pleasant land.
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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    yes i watched most of it, the spitfire

    what i sight to see and hear it over England's green and pleasant land.
    I went down into the Op's room at RAF Uxbridge with my Dad a couple of times, very interesting it's preserved as it was on 15 Sept 1940 - had a few swift ones in the mess afterwards


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    We forget that these people died just doing their day job, most of them young as well, and people complain about life today
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    true the cemetery near me has many graves of young people who died fighting in WW2
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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    true the cemetery near me has many graves of young people who died fighting in WW2

    wow, we were at war in timbukto as well, it really was a whole world war


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    blown my cover
    of course that's when i lived in the UK many years ago
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    yes watched it too , sos so young and so brave they all was but as they said its not just the pilots, its the ground crew too, the other sunday i and emma was lucky to see the spitfire flying over shugburry hall stafford, there is one based at east mids airport , the noise there is nothing like it


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    yes watched it too , sos so young and so brave they all was but as they said its not just the pilots, its the ground crew too, the other sunday i and emma was lucky to see the spitfire flying over shugburry hall stafford, there is one based at east mids airport , the noise there is nothing like it
    there use to be an airshow every year only 1/2 mile from where i live, and i'll never forget the noise from the Vulcan bomber it was like the world was ending




    beat that with the red arrows
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    Excellent video Joe particularly with the speakers turned well up


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    no wonder the argies gave up



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    ....and cos they used them ExtraTit missiles from France
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