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.
I think the dog did that… looks like one of my kitchen chairs…
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was that was Ian McCollum standing there looking all smug.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Geraldo Rivera hamming it up.
DeleteHurricanes won the battle, Spits got the press.
ReplyDeleteMakes one wonder if that pilot, who was lucky to survive that encounter, survived the war....
ReplyDeleteDamned few suevived more than a few months.
DeleteI had the same wonderment, so I cast my net:
Deletehttps://bbm.org.uk/airmen/SmithWA.htm
Just a bit of bother. Piece of cake old boy......
ReplyDeleteI read the link fast purposely. God love him.
DeleteNot much for control surfaces left. Impressed he landed it.
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The Hurricane was a pretty well mannerd flying machine. Later in the war B17's would be saying, "Hold my beer".
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ReplyDeleteHe looks to be twenty-six. Too young for such baggy eyes. Must've been a war on.
ReplyDeleteIt's what courage looks like.