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Kense

Kense Report 15 Sep 2015 14:57

Three Spitfires just went Northish over Chelmsford. Probably en-route to Duxford.

Kay????

Kay???? Report 15 Sep 2015 13:30

You are invited to view our brand new, free and exclusive to Forces War Records database, containing the full list from Hitler’s Black Book of ‘enemies of the state, traitors and undesirables, marked for punishment or death’.




It has been painstakingly translated from the original German by Forces War Records to mark the 75th Anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, and documents the 2,820 people who would have been arrested immediately if Hitler’s ‘Operation Sealion’ had come off and Germany had invaded the UK, including ‘The Real James Bond’ (AKA Conrad Fulke Thomond O’Brien-ffrench) and ‘Britain’s Schindler’ (AKA Major Francis E. Foley).




Battle of Britain Day, 15th September, is one of the most important days in the British calendar, and we are delighted to be able to release a list of the people whose most likely owe their lives to the brave pilots to mark it.




Go ahead, read more and search to your heart’s content now!


avaliable at Forces War Records..........interesting reading to those interested.
The site can be found by google search of---Forces War Records.




Kense

Kense Report 15 Sep 2015 11:55

Takeoff now seems to be at 1400.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Sep 2015 11:44

And that's even if you can get close enough to view!

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 15 Sep 2015 11:40

:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0.DET. :-D :-D

Unfortunately the nearest flight to me is Duxford and that is to far to go to take the chance with the weather :-(

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Sep 2015 11:38

Oh booger it. :-|

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 15 Sep 2015 11:37

The 40 Spitfires and Hurricanes that were originally scheduled to take off off from Goodwood around nnon today has been delayed and are now scheduled to take off around 2:00pm :-) this delay is due to the weather at the moment :-)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Sep 2015 11:28

The sun came out about 30 mins ago. But it's gone behind thickening clouds again :-
Oh well, we'll leave at 12 anyway and keep our fingers crossed. |

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 15 Sep 2015 10:11

Certainly, A Day to Remember, for many reasons,




but

Hmmm, Duxford is as far north as they go............

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 15 Sep 2015 10:06

My Great Aunt and her husband, Ada and Alfred Austen, were killed when their house took a direct hit from a Luftwaffe bomb in Dymchurch, Kent, on August 24th 1940.

Remembering them and all who lost their lives in The Battle Of Britain.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Sep 2015 09:50

Happy birthday Brian :-D

BrianW

BrianW Report 15 Sep 2015 09:49

My own birthday flypast (well, plus Prince Harry I believe, although he gets to take part in it!).

Mersey

Mersey Report 15 Sep 2015 09:34

A day to always be remembered <3

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 15 Sep 2015 09:30

Thanks for the reminder Kense :-) although it is rather cloudy here today :-( as I live right under the flight path for Biggin Hill ;-) I will be hoping that I can see the group that will be heading there :-)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Sep 2015 09:18

We've currently rain and a low cloud base. If it stays like this we might hear but not see :-0

Lynda ~

Lynda ~ Report 15 Sep 2015 07:37

Thanks for the reminder Ken, camera at the ready :-)

Kense

Kense Report 15 Sep 2015 07:13

I should have mentioned that it is the 75th Anniversary of thr Battle, though I am sure everyone knows that.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 14 Sep 2015 16:27

Shame it looks as if they won't quite get to here. Closest is probably Bristol.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 14 Sep 2015 16:15

Right - we've looked at the routes and we've looked at the map. We've decided to walk to the cabbage field which could be under a flight path.
If nothing happens, at least we'll have had a bit of exercise!

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 14 Sep 2015 16:03

Thanks for the reminder. Pity it's going to be cloudy :-0