"Vicente Vazquez" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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I remember when I first saw a Spitfire in flight here in Brazil, with
the
"Battle Of Britain" theme playing on the background, during the
cerimony
when it was delivered to a museum. While I watched it in flight, names
of
people and places like Biggin Hill, Hornchurch, Sailor Malan and
Douglas
Bader came through my head.

Douglas was a personal friend of mine for many years. Of all the things I
liked about Douglas; his work with handicapped children will always be
remembered by both myself and my wife. He was one of the charter members of
the old IFPF. We talked about the Harry Saltzman filming of "BOB" many
times. He often remarked about how his relationship with Galland got much
better after the two of them worked together on the film. Malan, believe it
or not, was one of Douglas' favorite people. It was Sailor who was
responsible for developing the tactics that changed Fighter Command's
thinking and changed Dowding's thinking. Many don't know that Bader liked
and respected Malan, as Sailor more or less sided with Keith Park during the
controversy when Douglas and Lee Mallory were pushing the "Big Wing" theory.
Those were interesting times and interesting people. Where else for example,
just in this little tidbit we're sharing here, can you find three characters
named Adolph? Hitler......Galland......and Malan!
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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