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Very interesting post Trev, and apposite particularly as I am currently reading: The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay. I'm about halfway through it and it does reconfirm what an extraordinary aircraft the Spitfire was, and as the report says the elliptical wing and also the reliability and power of the Merlin engine was a world-beating combination. It is a book ultimately distinguished by the trenchancy of its conclusions – that it was the British in the Battle who displayed all the virtues of efficiency, organisation and even ruthlessness we habitually attribute to the Germans, and they who fell short in their amateurism, ill-preparedness, engineering sub-standards and even in their old-fashioned notions of gallantry. An unputdownable read for the military scholar, the management consultant and the general reader alike. I am enjoying it and heartily recommend it. 
Brian
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Stunning stuff. The series should be good.
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Yes - looking forward to that!
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s I am currently reading: The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay. Just ordered two copies, one as a gift (Good job I trust your judgement  )
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Just ordered two copies, one as a gift (Good job I trust your judgement ) I'm sure you'll enjoy it Steve, but I'm now on tenterhooks! 
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In a similar vein Channel 4 screened an interesting program in 2008 entitled Who downed Douglas Bader in which air historian Andy Saunders located & dug up two downed spitfires in northern france - neither of which turned out to be Bader's. Andy Saunders subsequently wrote a book about which I would like to read
- Bader’s Last Fight (Grub Street 2007). As per usual the answer lay in the meticulous record keeping of the germans rather than in digging up planes, but it was a fascinating and moving piece of archeology. You can certainly download it if you're not as scared as I am of internet download sites.
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In a similar vein Channel 4 screened an interesting program in 2008 entitled Who downed Douglas Bader in which air historian Andy Saunders located & dug up two downed spitfires in northern france - neither of which turned out to be Bader's.
I remember that, interesting program
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Hope you are all listening to BBC Radio 4 Extra - "Bomber - Len Deighton" in four parts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01708wx
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Yes I am as I work at home.
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