It should be compulsory reading in the National Curriculum and citizenship should depend on being able to quote from it.
Hey I'm greek and I can still quote from it (having read it years ago now). Do I qualify? (Just curious - not interested in the citizenship)
The favourites are from Flt Lt Sebastian Maitland-Thompson (a 92 Sqn mate of Wellum's):
"bent on mischief" (regarding sighting 109's moving in into their rear quarter and evaluating their intentions!)
"your humble servant" (after interfering on the R/T between GCI and the S/L leading theformation on an interception then having to apologise!)
"quite capital" etc etc
Anyone have any idea whether he survived the war. I think even Adolf Hitler would have wanted him alive!
