One of the ‘oddities’ if you will, was the Brits stayed low on launch, assuming the Germans had radar that was as good as theirs, hoping the low altitude would prevent the Germans from having enough time to recall strikes or give the strikes a heads up before the Brits could climb and engage them.
We live not very far from Philly’s Northeast airport, and the distinctive sound of large piston engines gets us bolting out of the house for a look around the sky. Maybe some day we will see a Spitfire.
It was a meat-grinder of a war, but not on the scale of WW1, which set the gold standard for grinding meat…but at the same time it was in many ways the Golden Age of aviation.
Some fascinating history here—
Living in Chico, CA I had the honor to meet Fred Rabo in his later years.
http://482nd.org/h2x-mickey
John- I would be too! 🙂
LL- Agreed!
RHT- Thanks, both links are great ones! There were some folks at JHU/APL that were former Mickey types…
Wow, I didn’t know that. Best not to underestimate the enemy.
…then there was the early morning of 6 June 1944…when the bomber streams overflew London for the first time…for two and a half hours…
Old AF- Nope… Never…
The sound of that many V-12 Merlins …
I’ll be in my bunk.
The artwork is evocative of Mrs. Miniver.
The sound of piston power indeed. These guys wander over head just about daily this time of year–
http://www.gga1.org/
Imagine being there to see those planes flying by. WOW!!!
Not an artist but appreciate the way the artist handles light. Must be difficult.
All- Thanks for the comments!
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