Welcome to the kill box, fight's on!
(try watching Wings more often, and then talk to some of the pilots who flew
some of these planes ;-)
While I claim no expertise beyond amature status as a historian, I'm a
military pilot who has had a love affair with avaition going back as far as
I can remember.
The following links will provide information on the de Havilland Mosquito:
http://www.accessweb.com/USERS/MCONSTAB/mosquito.htm
http://www.aviation-history.com/dehavilland/mosquito.html
The following links will update your knowledge on the spitfire fighter:
http://www.spitfiresociety.demon.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.acm.cps.msu.edu/~kortasma/spitfire.html
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8460/untitled.html
Javelin? try here:
http://www.vflintham.demon.co.uk/aircraft/javelin/javelin.htm
And for the lawyers out there, the geneva convention, covering all aspects
of armed conflict:
http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/texts/BH790.txt
The primary purpose of the spitfire, or any other fighter for that matter
(including modern fighters), is not to kill people, but to destroy enemy
aircraft (but nobody seems to mind if you happen to do that - as a pilot I
accept the fact that if my plane gets hit, I may get killed.) The
capability to kill enemy personnel on the ground or in the skies is inherent
to all fighters and continues to be used as an expedient when other means
are either unavailable or unsuitable for the action at hand (such as no
close air support/ground attack aircraft available to suppress enemy ground
forces)
Dave Korzun
----- Original Message -----
From: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>
To: "'Patrick Bowen'" <pabowen@mediaone.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: More Club Ranting
>
> I think we are getting closer to an understanding on this issue.
>
> Terry Banbury
> Mk III
>
> > ----------
> > From: Patrick Bowen[SMTP:pabowen@mediaone.net]
> > Reply To: Patrick Bowen
> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 4:14 PM
> > To: Terry L. Thompson; spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: More Club Ranting
> >
> >
> > OK, I have been quite till now. As a military historian here is some
info
> > for you.
------SNIP!
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