Thursday 28 June 2012

A debt of official thanks is paid - long overdue



But still a twinge of a whinge from the BBC. This really does, for me, drive home that quote from an unknown British warrior, "When the lead starts flying, you're not fighting for Queen or Country, you're fighting for your mates all around you".

Sky News covered it thus:

The World War II Bomber Command Memorial is officially opened, today, Thursday June 28th,  
2012


7 comments:

TonyF said...

They owe me a flight in PA474. I know It'll never happen though. I acquired and repaired some of her flight instruments. Bit of an honour really at the time. (I also did some of RR299's instruments too. It was a carburettor fault that caused the crash)

There is nothing that sounds better than all four merlins...

SCOTTtheBADGER said...

I saw a photo of a Lancaster dropping a cloud of pink stuff. Were they roses, do you know?

TonyF said...

Poppies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRwDLGPRq34

SCOTTtheBADGER said...

Ok, That makes sense. Thank you!

SCOTTtheBADGER said...

Merlins are OK, but nothing beats the sheer NOISE of a herd of P&W R 2800's! Can you imagine what a flight deck of 2800s in Hellcats and Corsairs warming up sounded and felt like?

Hogdayafternoon said...

"Merlins are OK?" O K??? Ok. I too like a nice radial. I once helped man a Sexton SP (museum piece) and that had a radial engine. If you stood by the engine hatch and closed your eyes you'd think you were stood by a C47

TonyF said...

If you want noise, Avon 300 series ECUs in a stream take off, Or Olympus ECUs on a 'survival' Scramble....