To: DFG
Britain's most iconic WWII fighter jetThat would be the Spitfire. I guess the headline writer at the Mail didn't bother to take any history classes in school.
6 posted on
10/29/2017 4:35:37 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: PAR35
The Spitfire was much more elegant looking.
9 posted on
10/29/2017 4:41:56 PM PDT by
Crucial
To: PAR35
The Spitfire was much more elegant looking.
10 posted on
10/29/2017 4:42:07 PM PDT by
Crucial
To: PAR35
11 posted on
10/29/2017 4:43:26 PM PDT by
MCF
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To: PAR35
The spitfire was jet powered?
12 posted on
10/29/2017 4:43:48 PM PDT by
some tech guy
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To: PAR35
The Spitfire was certainly elegant but it was never a jet.
Probably best not to attack someone’s education in this case, right?
I question whether DH Vampire should really be counted as a “WWII jet”. It never saw operational use during the war: the Gloster Meteor, maybe. The Lockheed P-80 deployed the Britain towards the end but it never saw combat.
16 posted on
10/29/2017 4:51:01 PM PDT by
Chainmail
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To: PAR35; DFG
Oops - meant #16 for DFG - all your responses were right on the money!
18 posted on
10/29/2017 4:54:28 PM PDT by
Chainmail
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To: PAR35
The Spitfire was not a jet.
22 posted on
10/29/2017 5:04:53 PM PDT by
clintonh8r
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To: PAR35
I doubt the writer knows what “iconic” means. The only iconic British fighter was the mainstay of The Battle of Britain, the Spitfire, as has been noted above. Iconic has nothing to do with being jet powered.
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