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11-05-2009, 10:56 AM
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| Who is the most iconic RAF figure of World War Two? Here at the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) we are holding a poll to find the most iconic RAF figure of World War Two. To vote please visit: 90 faces of the RAF Benevolent Fund The poll is featured on our special 90th anniversary website, “90 Faces of the RAFBF”, which features 90 stories about our history, fundraisers and supporters. If you visit you can listen to Winston Churchill's famous 1951 radio appeal on behalf of the RAFBF, watch videos of beneficiaries and serving RAF personnel describe how we help, and learn about the enormous support we enjoy among the RAF family. |
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11-05-2009, 11:25 AM
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| Tough call. Most adored after all these years: Dowding Most villified after all these years: Harris Overated (IMHO): Leigh Mallory Underappreciated: Park Most representative of the Spirit of RAF: Bader, Gibson |
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11-05-2009, 02:56 PM
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 | Has to be Dowding ... Kris
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11-05-2009, 03:13 PM
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| Doug Bader for me.
__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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11-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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11-05-2009, 04:05 PM
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| Gotta be Park for me. Media-Newswire.com - Press Release Distribution - PR Agency |
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11-05-2009, 04:06 PM
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11-05-2009, 04:08 PM
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 | Bader is the one that comes to mind to me. Although I would rate Dowding higher.
__________________  "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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11-05-2009, 04:34 PM
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'rated' is the answer you'd expect from an historian or enthusiast, 'iconic' is the answer you'd expect from the average person in the street; for me too it would be Dowding - rated Bader - iconic Classic example of iconic would be most women hanging out their washing in 1940 and seeing a Spitfire flash past overhead... only it wasn't a Spitfire, it was a Hurricane. | |
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11-05-2009, 04:53 PM
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| Bader also |
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11-05-2009, 08:30 PM
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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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11-06-2009, 11:51 AM
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| Don't know if Bader is really better known than Dowding. Another pilot to mention was Guy Gibson, Flight Leader for the Dambusters Raid. Kris
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11-06-2009, 11:00 PM
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| Dowding in my mind, but I'm American so I may not have the same pov. |
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11-16-2009, 03:49 AM
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| Douglas Bader for mine
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11-16-2009, 04:48 AM
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| I think Dowding, if he had got the overall strategy of The Battle of Britain wrong chances are the German army would have invaded |
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