Personal GalleryDiscuss CC's Warbirds in the OFF-Topic / Misc. forums; Everyone else has a warbird thread so why not me Lets start off with some SM.79's....
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Yeah the colour shots are great. Sadly coming across colour photos of Italian aircraft is tricky. I think this time ill just do colour I have more but ill save them for another time.
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with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt...
They are very good pictures. It is a shame they aren't real Warbirds, since Italy didn't really fight. It kind of ran away a lot then surrendered.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004