From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Sep 18 2005 - 00:06:39 PDT
At 8:47 AM +0200 9/18/05, Nigel Hay MILWEB wrote:
>Just to remind our readers this weekend is the 65th anniversary of the
>Battle of Britain. 100 veterans of "the few" attended a gala dinner at RAF
>Northolt on Friday night, with HRH Duke of Edinburgh. Each was presented
>with a bronze propeller with a diamond in the centre - designed by Faberge.
>Inside the dining room was fully operational Spitfire. Aviation artist David
>Shepherd was present and some of his paintings were auctioned off for the
>charity. Britain will never forget these legendary pilots who saved this
>nation in our darkest hour.
"Never was so much owed by so man to so few."
>If you have never seen the film "Battle of Britain" - get the DVD its a real
>classic and so so true to real life.
The program Spitfire Ace was rather good too.
Seems like between that, Danger UXB and a few
other programs, they all seem to have mournful or
rather poignant intros.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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