We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:43:00 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification My dad flew Hurricanes with No. 71 Eagle Squadron. Originally his was the only Hurricane with the Disney designed boxing gloved eagle although some other pilots were photographed with it. In the early 90’s there was a private group in England restoring an Eagle Squadron Hurricane and in going through some of my dad’s papers there was correspondence from them on getting the colors right. He didn’t have any confirmed kills, but thought he had gotten even for being shot down once. Evidently the only way to get out of a Hurricane is to roll it over on its... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html Fri, 05 Mar 2004 21:13:28 -0600 That Messerschmitt pilot got a lot of free drinks from that little display of chutzpah! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html#comment-2515 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html#comment-2515 Sat, 06 Mar 2004 09:27:41 -0600 John, I’d like to share a story that I think you would appreciate. Before the squadron was operational they trained in the relative safety of Scotland. One day the entire squadron was out on deflection gunnery training. One of the guys was racking it around to bear on the target when a 109 cut him off to the inside, shot hell out of the target sleeve, and then ran back across the Channel. Dad said at their level of training he could have shot down the whole squadron if he wanted. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html#comment-2512 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html#comment-2512 Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:35:12 -0600 Thank you, John. That was very gracious. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html#comment-2511 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/03/this_ones_for_you_wendell.html#comment-2511 Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:25:15 -0600