Re: An Appeal for 'Who Downed Douglas Bader'

Daytona said the following on 02/09/06 08:17:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:45:57 +0100, Mike Swift <mike.swift@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I did watch it and although it was enjoyable I was disappointed with the
conclusions.

Bader has been an icon to me,

Why should he not still be so ?

He was the victim of friendly fire, there's no disgrace in that, and
some selflessness in inventing a story to try and protect the
perpetrator.

*** happens..... even more so in war.

Yeah but having a working class oik shoot down a public school boy is just not 'cricket' old man! ;-)


Richard.



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Will Hay - "Grouse on the moors."
Cust. - "Deer in the hills."
Will Hay - "Ah! but cheaper in the towns!"
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