<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=524479" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Battle Of Britain: Attacking Enemy Aircraft</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Life is diced in fatal split seconds agonized flying.<br>Hurricane's weakness is comparative acceleration <br>offset by frame design extreme strength ruggedness. <br>Spitfire Me109 are dueling paired equals between <br>12,000 and 17,000 feet but above cut 20,000 feet; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Messerschmitt preys supreme out dived opponents; <br>but required much more skilled physical effort to fly.<br>Weak narrow undercarriage caused many fatal accidents<br>in take off especially landings in cramped cockpit but; <br>over Battle of Britain skies skill fate decides who dies? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nazi Germany flies fighter aircraft veteran blood bathed legions.<br>Me109B-C models achieved blooded success in Civil War Spain. <br>Legion Condor's fighter unit spat swift death in floods of flames.<br>Lufwaffe's most successful wartime fighter pilots many received <br>operational blooding in Spain on developing early Me109 models.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">August 1940 twenty-three Gruppen are in action on Channel front; <br>equipped mainly with new improved Me109E-3 which mounted; <br>death two machine guns in the nose two machine guns in the wings.<br>Nerves stretch various strengths shortcomings of Nazi Messerschmitt; <br>against RAF Hurricane RAF Spitfire largely cancelled out in combat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Radar warns mass attacking enemy aircraft are; <br>coming in fighters fast scramble climb how far? <br>Operational heights gunfights haunt shot bar! <br>Good pilots dance a screaming dive dice death <br>combat inexperience quickly sliced new deck! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Youth pilots strapped into rotating blades in flight; <br>powered motors surge at prey target enemy bomber bay.<br>Rain of steel or bombs away a deadly game to play! <br>Good pilots trace desperate spins loops sky dives<br>roulette wheel slots death chanced blacks to reds! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Compasses fuel gauges throttle spinning rip firing burning; <br>fighting in 'Vic' fives on wing leader dealt death loosing.<br>Fighting in finger fours meant twos stay together winning? <br>Life survival paired few fighters survived lamb split alone<br>experienced Messerschmitt ME109s sought out stray solo sheep! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terence+George+Craddock">Terence George Craddock</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=524479" data-title="Battle Of Britain: Attacking Enemy Aircraft de Terence George Craddock" data-description="Life is diced in fatal split seconds agonized flying. Hurricane's weakness is comparative acceleration offset by frame design extreme strength ruggedness. Spitfire Me109 are dueling paired equals between 12,000 and 17,000 feet but above cut 20,..."></div> </div> </div>

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