Spitfire, the legend, the facts and its opponent (1 of 5)

Let us thank our British freinds for making Mitchel (Spitfire developer) possible in the first place! This aircraft, in it's original RAF forms, and also in it's later P-51D variants (same Merlin engine with a similar airframe again folks) represented the best that the free world could throw at Hitler at the time...and it was better than it had to be for that task.
We Americans forget that we came into the war ca. 2 yrs. AFTER the British but finished the job for the Allies with British help!

The Americans entered the war to stop the soviets winning it completely and expanding their sphere of influence into western europe. Ninety percent of the Nazi's lost their lives at the eastern front and has had far fiercer battles and more misery than the western and mediterranean theaters combined. The russian war machine at that time was unstoppable. They also had the best planes for low and medium altitudes.

i think we all owe thanks to miss houston

if it makes people talk like you then yeah!

Thats utter nonsense.

Churchill begged American pilots to come over because ours had been fighting a war for 4 years!

On US aircraft, yes, some were outstanding, but in terms of pure dogfighting ability, the P51D was inferior to both the later marks of Spitfire, and the Fw190D-9, so your statement about the only true fighting planes being American is ridiculous and absurd.

Churchill begged American flyers to come over, as he knew they were the best in the world. Everyone knew the legendaryu skills of the American pilot. Amelia Erheart, Charles Lindbergh and Billy Fiske were all household names. England had no famous pilots like this. When Billy Fiske came to England to mentor the raw trainees in the RAF, Churchill was overjoyed. The Germans were not looking forward to skies full of American aices either. They were soon to meet these "knoghts of the air". .

do you take alot of drugs over a consistent period or do you just binge occassionally?

Notorious. Why do you ask? Do you have an issue with drugs yourself?

Heh, don't worry mate, he probably doesn't even know who are responsible for the success of the US "Top-Gun" scheme either (hint, non US naval aviators).

But let's not forget the contribution of the commonwealth and other allied nations' pilots during the battle of britain!

you're sweeping statements all over youtube are so outlandish that i cant get into this with you cos im convinced your actually just taking the piss to get a rise out of people. otherwise I feel sorry for you, youre probably 12 and read too many comic books! billy Fiske is said by his fellow pilots to have been a rather unremarkable character who contributed little to the squadron before being killed with no kills, that must eat you up:0