American PRU Spitfire

good day canuck.today.12:19am.re:u.s.pru spitfire.i have just watched your link.a great piece of historical ww2 history.he was a very brave and laid back pilot.thank you for posting.regards bernard85

 

Possibly and entirely consistent with my wife's assertion that I remember nothing beyond 3 weeks.

 

I'm glad you posted it again, as I missed it the first time around. Really enjoyable to watch.

 

One of the best videos I have seen on the net.Thank you mate for posting that.

 

Americans who did not transfer - my late fathers diary - entry. Attended the funeral Foggia Italy of Wing Commander LC (Wildcat) Wade DFC** (posthumously his DSO was gazetted). A Texan who joined the RAF (turned down by the US) and declined the offer to transfer. My father claimed he was superb pilot and commanding officer my father has recorded 'MY BIRTHDAY '- CO (Wade) gave me two bottles of beer! A truly international squadron at various times from all over the commonwealth and C Flight the Polish fighting Team:



http://www.scribd.com/doc/161582692/Aviation-History-2004-11




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_C._Wade

 

and the DH MOSQUITO !!

several squadrons flew the MOSQUITO in US markings too from UK bases !

 

I don't know if this has been posted before but it's a fascinating film on American Spitfire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&list=FLTWN89sRJlYv4roDOHSrQWg

 

This was posted over at WW2F by Biak and I figured your lunkheads would enjoy it also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em

 

I was at the beach when you posted it. Didn't see it. Excellent video.

 

Found this very interesting documentary about Spitfire 944 flying aerial reconnaissance missions.

Spitfire 944 is a short documentary in which an 83-year-old World War II pilot views 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash-landing for the first time, sixty-one years after the event.
In October 2005, filmmaker William Lorton inherited two suitcases of 16mm home movies which his great uncle, James R. Savage, MD., shot while serving as a Flight Surgeon for the US Army Air Corps during World War II . The most compelling shot in the three hours of war footage was the crash landing of a Spitfire Mk XI fighter plane at Mount Farm Airbase in Great Britain. Being the flight surgeon at the base, Captain Savage was alerted to the impending accident and had the presence of mind to bring his movie camera to the landing strip.
Within 30 seconds of entering the Spitfire’s tail number into Google, the filmmaker was able to ascertain the date of the crash, the location of the crash and the name of the pilot: John S. Blyth.
The filmmaker sent a letter to the pilot requesting a general interview about World War II aviation and received a positive response. He did not reveal the existence of the 16mm footage until the interview took place about two weeks later near Tacoma, WA. At the end of a three-hour interview about the pilot’s World War II exploits, the filmmaker asked the pilot to review “about one minute” of footage. John S. Blyth was quite surprised to suddenly be watching his death-defying landing of 61 years earlier.

Apologies if it has been posted before.

http://documentary.net/spitfire-944/

 

Watched this again tonight and the look on that mans face is priceless.