Hi there Tigger, what's wrong with the ships? Wouldn't have been many Mustangs flying without the Liberty Ships to bring their bits, and their go-go juice. Not glamorous, perhaps, but mucho importanto.
Did you see last night's (5/2/02) prog? Although ostensibly about that well known cockernee euphemism, the Sherman Tank, it turned out to be more of a potted history of the Normandy campaign, and seemed quite reasonable within the confines of less than an hour. I don't recall seeing that footage of the four Typhoons peeling off to rocket a railway before. Sad shots followed of the aftermath on the ground near Falaise, as a reminder of just how grim it gets when organised industrialised states slug it out. As before, "Commandos" followed up with the human element. Really admirable how the programme makers managed to use humour (including nervous looking Action Men jumping out of carboard Whitleys) without in any way detracting from the seriousness of the subject or the dignity of the participants.