Was there really an American in 303 squadron? Or perhaps I have the accent wrong. Is this perhaps a Canadian accent? It looks very similar to another movie called "a dark blue world". Except instead of Czechs its poles. Either way I love Hurricanes, maybe even more than spits. They kind of look like early mustangs to me with that underslung intake. Lets hope their is more dog fighting, good deep scripting and less love crap. A dark blue world was 1/3 love crap, 1/3 living and training in England, some other random stuff then only a few basic flying scenes. I think dark blue workd has a "get off the grass" scene. Every movie set on an enlgish airfield needs one of those. I think bob had one as well?
copied from Wikipedia
Squadron Leader R G Kellett DSO DFC Original CO of 303 Sqn during the Battle of Britain, (five claims)
Flight Lieutenant John A. Kent, Canadian Flight commander during the Battle, (11 claims)
Sgt Josef František, Czech pilot flying with 303 Polish Squadron, was one of the top fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain, with 17 confirmed kills.
Flying Officer Witold Urbanowicz, Polish commander of 303 Squadron from 5 September 1940, scored 15 kills during the Battle of Britain (17 or 19 + 1 + 0 total)
Pilot Officer Jan Zumbach, commander of 303 Squadron from 19 May 1942, scored 8 kills during the Battle of Britain (12 1/3 + 5 + 1 total)
list of pilots of No. 303 Polish "Kościuszko" Fighter Squadron
Tadeusz Andruszków | Zenon Bartkowiak | Henryk Bieniek | Marian Bełc | Michał Brzezowski | Arsen Cebrzyński | Jan Daszewski | Mirosław Ferić | Athol Forbes | Josef František | Paweł Gallus | Bogdan Grzeszczak | Adam Foinski| Eugeniusz Horbaczewski | Wojciech Januszewicz | Józef Kania | Stanisław Karubin | John Kent | Bronisław Kłosin | Wojciech Kołaczkowski | Tadeusz Kołecki | Jan Kowalski | Henryk Karasinski W/O Srgt 1940 -1945. | Karol Krawczyński | Bogusław Mierzawa | Włodzimierz Miksa | Tadeusz Opulski | Jan Palak | Jerzy Palusiński | Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz | Edward Paterek | Stanisław Pietraszkiewicz | Marian Pisarek | Mieczysław Popek | Jerzy Radomski | Jan Rogowski | Aleksander Rokitnicki | Tadeusz Sawicz | Henryk Skowron | Bronislaw Sikora | Antoni Siudak | Stanisław Socha | Józef Stasik Wladyslaw Raubo | Eugeniusz Szaposznikow | Mirosław Wojciechowski[34] | Stefan Wojtowicz | Kazimierz Wunsche | Stanisław Zdanowski | Edward W. Martens | Witold A. Herbst | Bronislaw Zborowski
I think the only Americans in the RAF were recruited first into the French air force and then later about a dozen or two volunteered to stay on in the RAF after France gave up. They had "Eagle Squadrons" that started forming late during the Battle of Britain and were eventually absorbed by the Eighth Air Force, I think, much later on. I didn't know there were any Westerners in 303 though.
Ben Affleck flew with the RAF dontcha know?
Then he blew up Tokyo. Josh Harnett helped.
Quote from: Staggerwing on February 08, 2018, 06:31:20 PM
Ben Affleck flew with the RAF dontcha know?
Then he blew up Tokyo. Josh Harnett helped.
ok. Cool. So that's a Canadian accent. Sometimes I can tell and sometimes I can't.
No worries. It's not as if Americans and Canadians can tell the difference between Aussie and Kiwi accents either. ;)
He does have a Canada flash on his shoulder.
Good pickup :)
Solved by the Grogs of groghead manor.
We have a manor?
How come I never get invited?
We always post the invitations in code. On the front page.
Quote from: JasonPratt on February 09, 2018, 12:51:12 PM
We always post the invitations in code. On the front page.
That way no one ever gets invited.
Even the Web Lackey can't find it.
I've tried several times to find the Front Page. I even once started at the Back Page and worked my way forward. But I never got any further than the page with Braynt's baby pictures on it. At least I think that's Braynt's baby pictures. Or else someone's naked pictures of Mickey Rooney.
Interesting article on the pilots.
https://m.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/hurricane-303-battle-of-britain-film.html (https://m.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/hurricane-303-battle-of-britain-film.html)
For those who have a weak spot for the Hurrican, Paul Gallico wrote a pretty good book, The Hurricane Story.
https://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-Story-Paul-Gallico/dp/1910500054