PeterLepold
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Die Künstler Paul Jacobs & Mark Postlethwaite beschrieben die Szenen:
Golf course fairways were very attractive to pilots with damaged or dead engines.
On August 18, Peter Simpson of 111 Squadron was shot down by Do 17s he had been attacking.
He managed to crash-land on the RAC Golf Club Course at Woodcote Park near Epsoma, much to the aggravation of the local golfers.
The offended players threatened him with their clubs, thinking that at worst he was a German,
and at least he had torn up the fairway.
Simpson resorted to producing a pack of Players cigarettes to establish his true identity.
In this depiction, no doubt, with typical British aplomb, the pilot is assuming that he should be commended for stopping his Hurricane before tearing up the green, while the golfers will no doubt insist that he repair his substantial divot on the fairway.....
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Grüße
Peter
Golf course fairways were very attractive to pilots with damaged or dead engines.
On August 18, Peter Simpson of 111 Squadron was shot down by Do 17s he had been attacking.
He managed to crash-land on the RAC Golf Club Course at Woodcote Park near Epsoma, much to the aggravation of the local golfers.
The offended players threatened him with their clubs, thinking that at worst he was a German,
and at least he had torn up the fairway.
Simpson resorted to producing a pack of Players cigarettes to establish his true identity.
In this depiction, no doubt, with typical British aplomb, the pilot is assuming that he should be commended for stopping his Hurricane before tearing up the green, while the golfers will no doubt insist that he repair his substantial divot on the fairway.....
Das wars von meiner Seite....
Grüße
Peter