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Folks, Fittop,

Your weather is similar to ours in that when seasons change we have a weather roller coaster. Before long we will settle down to just hot, hotter and hottest with humidity for seasoning. If the weather improves in Wales we will probably see less of our avid angler. He could at least send us fish for the mess.

MG:

Not much thought for comfort, more to expense with those planes falling like rain. I wonder if they had built more Lancs, installed Nordan bomb sights and grounded the forts if things would have been different. Fewer crew members and a much greater bomb load make more sense to me. They could have been manned by brits and Americans. The B17s were great planes and their crews second to none. The tactics of the Eighth AF just needed more intelligent thought with much less hubris. No matter how many guns you point at the fighters from no matter how tight and how many boxes they still needed fighters to protect them.

Galland found room for his ash tray and cigar in his fighter. I don't know about coffee Fittop. He also fitted his F model with a nifty telescopic sight for a while. Another good idea on paper that did not quite work in practice.

Don't forget to change all the clocks and watches, especially that big alarm clock tied to the handlebars of your bike to wake you if you should drop off on early morning excursions. No fear of that when Danish snow flies and northern winds blow. Soon it will not only be spring but feel like it in ancient Denmark. So it has always been, so it shall always be.