Is assassination a good idea?

[LadyOnArooftop]

@Moriarty was spot on about the Spitfire's weak undercarriage, it's why they had problems using them on aircraft carriers. They had to be revamped and renamed 'Seafires'.

 

[Altair]

@Moriarty was spot on about the Spitfire's weak undercarriage, it's why they had problems using them on aircraft carriers. They had to be revamped and renamed 'Seafires'.

Fair enough...Nowt to do with the Pilots then..?...

 

[Moriarty]

Hmm. First of all...Nice 'Copy and Paste'.....That aside.... those Spitfires didn't have BRITISH Pilots did they. Huge difference old boy.

Was it not Dowding, the commander of Fighter command during the Battle of Britain who was against allowing the Polish and Czech fighter pilots to be cleared for operations, who said :-

"Had it not been for the magnificent material contributed by the Polish squadrons and their unsurpassed gallantry, I hesitate to say that the outcome of the battle would have been the same."

They flew Hurricanes though, because they were not trusted to fly Spitfires.

Yet without them, we may not have won.

Whilst learning about this I read a wonderful article on rafmuseum.org link at the end.

The following excerpts show the strength, honour and determination of the Poles and Czech pilots :-

"Pilot Officer Wladyslaw Nowak was invited to a lavish party, complete with orchestra, only to be asked by his well-meaning hostess if ‘Polish people lived in houses.’ Amused, he and a friend borrowed two violins and established their cultural credentials by playing a Brahms duet."

"Flight Lieutenant Gordon Sinclair, a flight commander with No. 310 Squadron, later described his men in battle:
‘The Czechs were totally disciplined. They did what was expected of them, though not necessarily what they were told to do, because they knew…instinctively what they were supposed to do.’"

"The story of No. 303 Squadron’s baptism of fire is probably familiar. On 30 August the Squadron was on a routine training flight near RAF Northolt, led by Squadron Leader Ronald Kellett, when Pilot Officer Ludwick Paszkiewicz spotted a formation of enemy aircraft being attacked by Hurricanes. Paszkiewicz alerted Kellet’s attention to the fight but, on receiving no reply, he broke formation and promptly shot down a Messerschmitt Me 110. When they landed, the Pole was reprimanded for his indiscipline and then congratulated on his success. That evening, Paszkiewicz, deeply religious and a teetotaller, got drunk for the first time in his life. The following day, No. 303 Squadron was declared operational."

Article here:-
Poles and Czechoslovaks in the Battle of Britain

How that for some cut and past