[Misc] Spitfire squadron over Worthing at 16.04h today

Questions said:

It’s been hit... they’ve done £100,000 worth of improvements.

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Garry Nelson's teacher said:

I suspect that most of the residents think we are still at war with Germany and that if we are not then we should be!

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swindonseagull said:

Garry Nelson's teacher said:

I suspect that most of the residents think we are still at war with Germany/QUOTE]

So that’s what you think?? Pratt....

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I think the word you are searching for is 'prat'. I might be a prat but at least I can spell it.

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AmexRuislip said:

You should know grandad

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catfish said:

They were probably tempted to bomb Lancing.

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Jim D said:

I don't know about the aircraft but that joke is certainly a war relic.

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Blue3 said:

That may have been the case, but I took the heads up of this fly past as verbatim went up onto Lancing hill where I meet a number of individuals out walking and eagerly told them that this fly past was about to take place, this little group stood expectantly with its numbers growing as more a more walkers joined us as the time reached 14:04 we listerned out for the drone of Merlin engines, sadly nothing it was about this point I thought I had been duped and I had innocently duped quite a large crowd, I relocated myself to the edge and quietly slipped into the trees leaving mumbling of where's that guy gone!

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Weststander said:

And the unmistakable sound of the beautiful RR Merlin engine.

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mikeyjh said:

Or even a Griffon?

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Blue3 said:

That may have been the case, but I took the heads up of this fly past as verbatim went up onto Lancing hill where I meet a number of individuals out walking and eagerly told them that this fly past was about to take place, this little group stood expectantly with its numbers growing as more a more walkers joined us as the time reached 14:04 we listerned out for the drone of Merlin engines, sadly nothing it was about this point I thought I had been duped and I had innocently duped quite a large crowd, I relocated myself to the edge and quietly slipped into the trees leaving mumbling of where's that guy gone!

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Nigella's Cream Pie said:

An engine well known to my Dad, who used to fly Shackletons.

Merlin v Griffon at Beachy Head:

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Seagull's Return said:

Thanks for that - lovely to see and compare. My uncle flew Stirlings and Halifaxes (so, Merlins and Bristol Hercules) in the war, but I'm pretty sure it was Spitfires he wanted to fly really. My old man remembers watching the Battle of Britain fought out over Brighton; we were once up by Varndean and he said he used to see dogfights taking place below the school there as they chased around at low altitude over the town. Hard to imagine these days.

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