Some Battle of Britain thoughts

[003chan.livejournal.com]

I am rereading the 'Spitfire Parade' now, I finally got hold of an English copy. What really bothers me, though, is that they are not using their radios at all. In some of the stories the plot could be seriously changed if they used the radio, so that might be why Johns conveniently 'forgot' it existed, when he was adapting the stories from the WWI ones... And this in turn makes it an even bigger bummer. Oh well, at least Bertie is there and his presence makes it so much better :)


Here, have this great scene from the Battle of Britain film to set things right. (I might have posted it before, can't remember :) )

Also, have this 'summary clip' from the Czech Battle of Britain film the 'Dark Blue World'. I told you about it a few times in the past. I do recommend it, although it's really rather sad. Tell me if you would want to watch it.

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[hyarrowen.livejournal.com]

*de-lurks*

I read somewhere that it was simply a re-hash of the First World War stories. I've only read the graphic novel, but that was definitely how it appeared to me

[003chan.livejournal.com]

Hello :)
Yes, that's true. Most of them are rewrites of some old stories, mainly from 'Biggles in France' and 'Biggles of 266'. You can read about it here: biggles.info/Details/24/
In my knowledge, 'Spitfire Parade' was meant to serve as propaganda, because RAF needed to recruit more pilots.