Another Insult to Bomber Command

[The late XV105]

I like it, and on the day I went to pay my respects to those who gave their life for my freedom it looked superb soaring in to the sky. I also like the more traditional Bomber Command memorial in London and find that equally fitting and thought provoking.

Purely out of interest - and with no desire to spark a debate that is completely academic to this thread, it is not rust. I accept that to the eye and to the uninitiated - like me - it appears so, but accurately, it isn't because whilst it certainly is oxidisation it is not iron oxide and doesn't flake off.











Spot the Spitfire: