Comments by "" (@Farweasel) on "Desperate Heroism; The Vickers Vildebeest" video.

  1. Which perhaps started with the Vimy. Followed by: Valentia, Vengence, Vampire, Ventura, Venom & Virgina. And pushing it a bit.,,,,,,,, Viking, Valetta, Victoria, Varsity, Vernon, Vega Gull, Vigilant and of course the inestimable Vestland Virlvind. You'd have thought 'Vulture' would have made it to a naming too but sadly no.
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  2. I thought 'Kitai' meant it was home built in Lancashire, Yorkshire or maybe Cumbria or Derbyshire? Didst mek that thisel then lad? Kit? Aye.
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  3.  @BobSmith-dk8nw  T'as reet
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  4. I'm pretty sure that in his book 'Spitfire' John Nichols recounts a squadron of 11 or 12 Wildebeasts being despatched cross channel to bomb the Germans advancing on Dunkirk. One returned having turned back with engine trouble a couple of miles off the English coast. It was the only one which did return. The pilot requested transfer to Fighters and served in Spitfires until being killed in action.
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