airbus demo

[britfrog 180]

was up in the hills looking for resistance hideouts from the war when i looked up and saw this sadly didnt have my long lens installed

 

 

[mutley 4,498]

Shame, did you find any hideouts? Where the resistance still in there?  

[britfrog 180]

Shame, did you find any hideouts? Where the resistance still in there?  

 

LOL!

in actual fact I went to see a farmhouse  in the hills above my house , way in the middle of nowhere on top of a large hill at about 6 thousand feet high.

the informers in a neighbouring village collared a young man known to be a member of the resistance and along with a platoon of german soldiers forced him to take them to the farm. Knowing that his arrest had been witnessed he chose to take them by the longest route possible, so that help could take the short route and warn the other resistance to hide. When they did arrive at the farm the germans were furious as they realsied there was a quicker route so they tortured the fellow, shot him , set the farm on fire and threw his body into the flames.

the fellow whose body was never recovered was only 17 !!!!!!!!!

[mutley 4,498]

That's pretty brutal behaviour, I hope the man got recognition, has the farm been rebuilt or does it stand as a monument?

[britfrog 180]

the farm was rebuilt-ish in the old style he got a plate /memorial nearbye and he is remembered by those that remain, every V.E. day new flowers are laid at all the memorials of the maquis everywhere , and they will be so for evermore, as they have been paid for in blood and the public  coffers are have been ruled to supply the flowers so that every generation in the future asks why , and is then told why we must celebrate those that died so that we remain free. we were so lucky in the uk not to hear jack boots in our streets .

[mutley 4,498]

Amen to that 

[markhudson6 13]

Thanks for that Nigel.  That's history we should never forget.

[hifly 925]

We were lucky not to hear jackboots on our UK streets, at least not on the mainland.

 

There was a documentary a while back where German and British military brass played out a war game about a German invasion of the UK using the plans and resources available to Hitler.

 

The landings would have been made at the estuary of the Cuckmere River in Sussex. It panned out that they could have got ashore and inland for about 15/20 miles. British naval and air superiority over the channel would have prevented further reinforcements and materiel getting across thus stopping any advance.

 

I wonder what would have happened to the captives.

 

 

[hurricanemk1c 195]

It's always a fascinating question as to what may have happened. What if the Germans had produced the atomic bomb? Or long range rockets? However, we will never know.

 

At least those in the former occupied countries remember those who fought and died for their freedom. Many bombers that were shot down over France, Beligum, Holland etc. are often remembered on the date that they crashed, VE Day and on the country's own memorial day. Shame that the home nation seemed to forget.

 

The treatment of Irish survivors of the war was very harsh, due to the political climate of the period here (having relatively just gained inderpendance from the UK). They are only just being recognised as what they were, but sadly too late for many of them.

 

Anyway, nice shot Nigel!

[Christopher Low 63]

When I saw this thread, I thought it meant that a demo version of Aerosoft's Airbus Xtended was available

[Andrew Godden 943]

When I saw this thread, I thought it meant that a demo version of Aerosoft's Airbus Xtended was available

 

Not when it's put in the Real World Aviation section. 

[Christopher Low 63]

I guess your security notice would apply to me here, Andrew

[brett 2,315]

I guess your security notice would apply to me here, Andrew

 

Hmm, it almost looks like it was custom made for me.