Fullbore Friday
Photo Reconnaissance Blue
What do you have in your closet?
What steps are you willing to take to pull living history out of the shadows?
In WWII - are you willing to go over Nazi Germany alone, unarmed ... dozens of times?
Flying Sergeants. Americans Spitfires.
Unarmed. Alone.
Spitfire 944 and John Blyth. Humble ... but Fullbore.
A mighty BZ to William Lorton and Jason Savage ... and Jason's grandfather, "Doc" bringing this to Blyth and everyone.
“That was the sweetest aeroplane. Any pilot should fly a Spitfire at least once.”
CDR Sal, love your stack, love your writing. Watching this video, and the expression on his face when he realized that was HIS aircraft making the gear up landing was...emotional. The backstory on how the film was put on digital media, and used serial numbers to connect the bread crumbs was fascinating. Alone, unarmed, and quite scared was what my buddies who flew RF-4 recces back in the day used to "jokingly" say. A lot going on here, and the "low key" delivery (IMO) along with the "matter of fact" approach to a high risk mission this guy flew 51 times can easily be lost on the viewer. Full Bore Friday just set the bar a little higher for you to top. BZ sir!
Yes, he was. I showed this to family after the first publication on ye Olde Blogspot. High speed recon assets are always valuable!