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Old 26th Jun 2012, 20:43
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A little off topic - but I was sat with a Polish bomber squadron at a formal dinner to mark the end of a bi-lat in south west Poland once. The topic of conversation moved to the Battle Of Britain.

I mentioned the (apparently incorrect....read on) scene wherein the Poles get a ticking off for their RT discipline.

One of the chaps was a little animated (incensed actually) about the film. His grandfather had flown in the battle and he (along with a considerable -somewhat drunk - supporting cast of Poles) was adamant that, quote <<My Grandfather wanted to kill Germans so badly he and his friends would have stayed silent forever to be given the chance.>> unquote.

Ooopsy. We talked about something else once the tumbleweed had made it out of the door.
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