[Iris7]

Sidney Camm, the guy who did the Hurricane, is the guy who did the Harrier. Harrier was his last production machine.

The period we are talking about is mighty important indeed. Hitler and Tojo could have won if England had made peace. And that was a very near thing, a nearer thing than the Battle of Britain.

John Lukacs has written well about the political events that kept England in the war in 1940. The first is "Five Days in London: May 1940":

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300084668/qid=1106818165/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8778441-5595267?v=glance&s=books

and "The Duel", that is, the duel between Hitler and Churchill:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300089163/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-8778441-5595267?v=glance&s=books&st=*

[SAMWolf]

Morning Iris7.

The Germans came real close to defeating the RAF during the Battle of Britain. Too many mistakes by the Germans, the main one being, switching to the bombing of London and letting up on the airfields.

[skeeter]

Sidney Camm, the guy who did the Hurricane, is the guy who did the Harrier. Harrier was his last production machine.

That really illustrates the steep curve of warplane development, or of aviation in general. Hard to fathom these days that there were men who began in biplanes & finished in 747s.