And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
April 29, 1941. Greece. The amphibious aircraft Short Sunderland near the shore of the city Kalamata involved in the evacuation of British troops
They were Messerschmidt bait. They did ok hunting for U-Boats in the wide Atlantic, well out of range of fighters, but sitting in the bay like that, they look like ducks in the water, waiting for an eagle to come along.
And that''s the problem I have with museums. They dress up vintage airplanes to Concours d'Elegance paint gloss. I much prefer their original battle appearance.
They're cool. I grant you that. But I wouldn't want to go to war in one of them.
ReplyDeleteI bet they didn't end the war with too many left.
DeleteThey were Messerschmidt bait. They did ok hunting for U-Boats in the wide Atlantic, well out of range of fighters, but sitting in the bay like that, they look like ducks in the water, waiting for an eagle to come along.
DeleteAnd that''s the problem I have with museums. They dress up vintage airplanes to Concours d'Elegance paint gloss. I much prefer their original battle appearance.
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