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11-23-2005, 10:40 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| 89 Years Ago Today "Hawker was the first ace of the British Commonwealth. An aggressive combat pilot, his motto was "Attack Everything!" Flying a B.E.2c armed with a few bombs and hand grenades, he successfully attacked the Zeppelin shed at Gontrode in April 1915 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Hawker, with assistance from Air Mechanic Ernest Elton, devised a mount for attaching a Lewis gun to the Bristol Scout in June 1915. While testing his invention, he chased off one German aircraft and drove down two others. For this action, he was the first pilot to receive the Victoria Cross for aerial combat. Hawker was killed in one of the longest dogfights of the war. Flying the Airco D.H.2, he engaged an Albatros D.II behind German lines and was shot down by Manfred von Richthofen. Hawker was the Red Baron's eleventh victim." 
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11-23-2005, 10:45 AM
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| "World Traveller"  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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__________________  "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 WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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11-23-2005, 10:59 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | That guy had some serious guts!
__________________   For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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11-23-2005, 11:04 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| that BE2 c would definitely rate as one scary a/c to dog fight in |
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11-23-2005, 11:11 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| Too right PB. It just so happens I got a shot of one in the IWM the other week |
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11-23-2005, 12:48 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| i would think a st christophers medal would be standard equipment on that and i'm not catholic |
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11-23-2005, 01:04 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| Heck, I would take any religious icon in that thing. Any type of divine intervention would have been welcome!
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