Courage

Cyclefrance · 08-15-2014, 04:06 PM

Interesting to find this topic. There's been a quite a lot of WW programmes and articles circulating this year. I was watching a programme a few weeks back about the reconnaissance Spitfires that flew missions into Europe, France , Belgium, etc., and even into Germany as far as Berlin.

All the more remarkable as these planes were stripped of their fire-power - all they had was blue painted body to make them blend in with the sky! Their task was to take photographs of prospective bomb sites and of those that had been bombed, plus also missions to discover changes in the landscape that might suggest the development of weapons sites. Such missions over northern France and Belgium discovered the launch ramps that were being constructed to send the pilotless flying bombs that would devastate southern England in the latter half of the war nicknamed 'doodle-bugs' by Londoners and known more correctly as V1s. These missions also led to the detection of the more sinister V2 rocket sites at places like Blockhaus and La Coupole, now museums.

As if this wasn't interesting enough, two weeks a later a friend sent me a link to a youtube video about an American stationed over here who had flown these blue spitfires. The personal approach to this short film makes it all the more interesting and, in places, chilling. The link is here

xoxoxoBruce · 08-15-2014, 04:36 PM

Not too long ago Carruthers posted a bunch of WW II aerial reconnaissance Luftwaffe targets.

Also the NCAP collection.

Cyclefrance · 08-15-2014, 05:56 PM

[quote=xoxoxoBruce;907248]Not too long ago Carruthers posted a bunch of WW II aerial reconnaissance Luftwaffe targets.

WW2 tit for tat - thanks Bruce

08-15-2014, 04:06 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Interesting to find this topic. There's been a quite a lot of WW programmes and articles circulating this year. I was watching a programme a few weeks back about the reconnaissance Spitfires that flew missions into Europe, France , Belgium, etc., and even into Germany as far as Berlin. All the more remarkable as these planes were stripped of their fire-power - all they had was blue painted body to make them blend in with the sky! Their task was to take photographs of prospective bomb sites and of those that had been bombed, plus also missions to discover changes in the landscape that might suggest the development of weapons sites. Such missions over northern France and Belgium discovered the launch ramps that were being constructed to send the pilotless flying bombs that would devastate southern England in the latter half of the war nicknamed 'doodle-bugs' by Londoners and known more correctly as V1s. These missions also led to the detection of the more sinister V2 rocket sites at places like Blockhaus and La Coupole, now museums. As if this wasn't interesting enough, two weeks a later a friend sent me a link to a youtube video about an American stationed over here who had flown these blue spitfires. The personal approach to this short film makes it all the more interesting and, in places, chilling. The link is here __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

08-15-2014, 04:36 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not too long ago Carruthers posted a bunch of WW II aerial reconnaissance Luftwaffe targets. Also the NCAP collection. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-15-2014, 05:56 PM	#3
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	[quote=xoxoxoBruce;907248]Not too long ago Carruthers posted a bunch of WW II aerial reconnaissance Luftwaffe targets. WW2 tit for tat - thanks Bruce __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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