Originally Posted by
Asturias56
When did Britain ever rule the skies? And with jets? 1946???
Well, we ruled the skies over SE England in 1940, as evidenced by the excellent programme that followed Pt 2 tonight. The rerun of Spitfire (from 2018) featured inter alia Mary Ellis and Boy Wellum. Mary (100 and counting in 2018) flew 1000 aircraft in the ATS in WWII, of which 400 were Spitfires. She signed her name in only one and it is still legible (just) though written as her maiden name. She was prevailed upon to sign it again (on the inside of the door from ground level this time). So two different names but both signed by the same pilot!
Ah, just realised the date has changed over and it's now the 15th September, BoB Day!