Not quite understanding modern outrage

[browningautorifle]

It's in vogue these days to be seen as politically correct, and to be aware of what others perceive as politically correct. Not that it does any good...yes, that long nose 190 is stellar...you don't see those too often. Very nice, and a huge $ collection.

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[Gil Boyd]

Yes agreed, but I even see our Union Flag flying, sometimes on Government buildings upside down and that makes my blood boil grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Saw a programme last night on the rise of the KK in the south and their fight to protect the Confederate flag very interesting stuff on how ex pilots after WW2 were recruited into the FBI by J.Edgar Hoover to infiltrate them.

So is it that sensitive that it is banned at reenactments of the famouis battle sites there then??

[Vincent]

His book, “The First and the Last” is excellent.

[Sentryduty]

If I wanted to fly the FW in Germany I would just have a set of temporary decals made up to appease the history police, "look it's just a harmless diamond..." LOL.

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[Gil Boyd]

yes it was Galland initially my error, but didn't that view get passed up the line to the man?
Goring would never have got into the cockpit let alone get out with his waistline, and his sense of humour was fried anything and several bottles of the finest French wine!

[Bob Womack]

Oh, by the way the quote from Göring I was referencing was during the early part of the Battle of Britain: 'If one bomb ever falls over the Reich, you may call me Meier.' Apparently that is a colloquial phrase in Germany that means that whatever condition is contained in the first clause is simply impossible. Towards the end of the war some of the German people sarcastically called the air raid sirens "Meier's Trumpets."

Bob

[Vincent]

The ferocity of the RAF pilots in the first days of the Battle of Britain took the Germans completely by surprise. There are several accounts of RAF pilots ramming Luftwaffe aircraft after running out of ammunition (Ray Holmes is probably the most famous).

Hermann Göring was a well-respected fighter pilot in WW1. When the Battle of Britain started he was already a drug addict. And you know there’s a reason it’s called “dope”.

[Gil Boyd]

The slimmest thing on him was his magic wand
I suppose his aircraft was sign written as "The Little Focker"

[CINDERS]

Yes Meier referenced coming from the end of cow, pigs etc and all other animal anuses of this planets menagerie.
Goering was nothing but a fat arsed gong getter he could not wait to get the Blue Max after taking over Richthofen's flying circus in WWI Galland absolutely detested the man, had the Germans had a rotational system like the allies for their fighter pilots and bomber crews things may have been a tad different not forgetting the supreme leaders dabbling in the 262 project. Which if it had entered service a year earlier like it should have would have blown the B-17's out of the sky. The gun turrets on the 17's were not fast enough to follow the jets flight. The Red tails developed a system of lining up their P-51's then letting loose at the 262's so it had to fly through a wall of 50 cal projectiles. The 163 was just a glider after its fuel ran out and did not get than many air to airs besides with that fuel T-stoff it was more of a danger to the crews than us.

Another trick the Fatty liked (Gallands italics) was he would give the pilots very expensive cigars which they stuck in their sleeve pockets when they went to leave Fatty used to shake their hands but made sure his other hand crushed the cigars he had given them so they could not smoke them. The 3 German services had some very capable men, equipment and Generals thank god they had 2 twits leading them (No offence to the Germans who served either in WWII who may read that)

[Peter Laidler]

If you look hard at buildings and places in the Ruhr area of Germany you can still see the remainbs of the swastika chiselled from the old buildings. At Caernarvon Barracks in Dusseldorf, the former German RAF camp, the eagle and laurel wreath is/was still there but the cross in the centre of the wreath has been chiselled away. But, if you look hard, you can still see the occasional swastika, hidden in undergrowth or on signs. I saw some set in an old metal fence, dating from 1936 and sent a photo to a friend in Germany asking whether he could shed some light on the why's and wherefores regarding them,. Back came a speedy e-mail saying that they were absolutely taboo in Germany, even in electronic form so he'd hastily deleted them and....... Anyway.

In Dusseldorf the new underground still bears the scars of the era. In the form of bombs. If they're more than 2m away from the workings, that's where they stay!