Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A fine shot with a great "feel" to it! Sometimes the best shots come from less-than-the-best equipment. Almost 20 years ago I saw the "Battle of Britain" Memorial Flight put on an air show with the Hurricane, Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster Bomber. It was a fine demonstration and I especially liked it because my uncle was detached from US forces early in the war to fly recconisance missions for the Brits in the Mosquito and/or Spitfire. (He was a P-38 pilot) He earned his RAF Wings as well as his US Wings and was authorized to wear both simultaniously. One of very few so honored with most having been members of the "Eagle Squadron", American citizens who flew for the RAF and later transferred to US forces when we got into the fight. True story: I was a member of a shooting club while stationed in England back in the mid-1980's. One Sunday afternoon we were in the clubhouse - the old WW2 RAF Nissan hut "Scramble Shack" used by the RAF fighter pilots and moved from RAF Martlesham Heath to club property - when a plane flew over. My friend, a WW2 British vet, immediately said "If I didn't know better, I'd say that was a Spitfire"! We rushed outside and it was indeed a Spitfire. 40 years after the war and he still knew the sound it made instantly. Walker Smith