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Mossie
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... itain.html

As a matter of interest regarding the photo of the crashed Hurricane near Buckingham Palace. The pilot, Sgt. Ray Holmes deliberately rammed the Junkers after running out of ammo.
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Mossie wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4385842/Photos-reveal-clean-operation-Blitz-struck-Britain.html

As a matter of interest regarding the photo of the crashed Hurricane near Buckingham Palace. The pilot, Sgt. Ray Holmes deliberately rammed the Junkers after running out of ammo.


Super photo essay.

That Daily Mail site sure has a lot of nice history articles scattered between the cheesecake pictures!
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Thanks for posting that. I did not know Italian aircraft participated in a raid(s) on Britain.
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The game with that collection is spotting the miss labelled photos.
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What the heck is this?

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Westland Lysander.
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What the heck is this?

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An enlisted man having a go at the officers loo? The sacrilege!! :shock:

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Westland Lysander.
So it is! That view threw me off a bit.

Have the censors obliterated some markings from the tail?
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