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QUOTABLE
QUOTES
"Never, in the field of human conquest, has so much been
owed by so many to so few"
Winston Churchill on the Battle of Britain
"The charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava is eclipsed
in brightness by these almost daily deeds of fame"
Winston Churchill August 1941
"The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can
win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the
means of victory"
Winston Churchill
"Dominating all our power to carry on the war, or even keep
ourselves alive, lay our mastery of the ocean routes and the free approach
and entry to our ports"
Winston Churchill on the Battle of the
Atlantic
"The ground crews were past all praise. If we had long
hours, they had longer ones by far. They were always laughing and
ragging round the place and betting cigarettes or drinks as to whether
"A" Flight would be better than "B" Flight or whether such and such pilot
would get one or two today.
How Tubby, the Squadron Engineer Officer, continued to
render at least fifteen out of twenty Hurricanes serviceable at every readiness
period is a secret that will die with him. A lot of publicity and
glamour comes the way of the fighter pilot but not all the praise in the
world would do justice to these 'back room boys'."
Squadron Leader Michael Crossley Commander
of No. 32 Squadron
"Gradually I gained experience in formation flying, operational
scrambles etc. My biggest worry was falling away from the fight and
being called a coward"
Sergeant Harry Newton ~ Hurricane pilot
"I didn't really like the idea of shooting down people, or
trying to. But it was a question of them or us. I had joined
the RAF and trained as a fighter pilot. When the war came along I
thought 'This is it. I've got to earn my money now.' I knew
what I had to do, and I did the best I could. Some of the youngsters
on the squadron would really upset me when they glorified in the killing.
I couldn't adopt that sort of attitude."
Sergeant John Etherington
"The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the
extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows"
Theodore Roosevelt
"It was a sight of such devastation I shall never forget.
A horrible sight, as though God himself had withdrawn his hand from that
evil place"
A Navigator overflying Nazi Germany 1941
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