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Re: Do you ever wonder......

Posted by TonyD on Thu Jun 06, 2002 05:58:56 PM

In reply top Re: Do you ever wonder...... posted by Steve Young on Thu Jun 06, 2002 01:13:39 PM

A man after my own heart Steve!!! When my daughter was four, she could identify aircraft at the RAFM better than a annoying 11 year old who said a He111 was a Flying Fortress!! She too asked about crosses...so I told her that they were flown by the 'naughty Germans' and that the roundels were the good guys (no offence intended for our German friends). After that, whenever she saw any damage or anyone being naughty she thought they were 'naughty Germans'. Anyway, having dug a nice big hole for myself, I obviously tried to tell her that the Germans are no longer naughty and are now our friends. Worked a treat....until....I took her to Southampton, walked past the ruins of the sailors church. Mk 1 daughter asks...'why is that damaged?' answer because it was bombed states I....'who bombed it?' came her reply...well you can guess the rest!

Glad to say now she is a well balanced 9 year old who has an excellent knowledge of recent history, a love of aircraft and a respect for veterans (especially her PBY, U Boat sinking great grandad who sadly never met her). She also knows that the Germans are our friends now!!

Oh yes, both Mk 1 & Mk 2 daughters adore aircraft, sit in cockpits whenever they can, had radio control cars and Scalextric for their birthdays....who says girls shouldn't like planes!!
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: : what about Halifaxes?
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: : Cees
: : on behalf of the RSPCHS (Royal Society for Preventing Cr
: ue
: : lty to Halifax Supporters)
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: He's quite keen on them too, but at that age he still has
: difficulty telling them apart from Lancasters. He's gettin
: g there though, he knows Lancs have round tails, and Hali'
: s have square ones. Can't quite understand the concept of
: Merlins and Hercs yet though... ;)
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: He's also got quite a good grasp of the European Air War c
: irca 1939-45. Lancasters are 'good ones', and because they
: have RAF roundels, or 'round things' painted on the side
: it follows that all other aircraft with 'round things' mus
: t be the 'Lancasters friends'.
:
: A couple of months ago, we saw Black Six sitting under S-S
: ugar's wing at Hendon and I told him (in basic terms) that
: Messerschmitts used to shoot at Lancasters. So he now say
: s that all aircraft with crosses on are 'naughty ones', be
: cause they shoot at Lancasters.
:
: Next to Black Six, there is a B17. I told him that these u
: sed to shoot at Messerschmitts, and so he now understands
: that the ones with stars on the sides are 'good ones', bec
: ause they shoot at the 'naughty ones'. And of course, if t
: he ones with stars are 'good ones', they must also be the
: 'Lancasters friends'.
:
: Imagine the fun we had that afternoon - for anyone visitin
: g Hendon over Easter this year, I was the exasperated Dad
: whose son was happily using his new-found knowledge by dec
: laring to anyone in earshot; "That's a good one with round
: things, and that's a naughty one with crosses and its nau
: ghty because it shoots the Lancaster, and that's a good on
: e with a star and it's the Lancasters friend because it sh
: oots the naughty one with crosses!"
:
: I think I've created a monster....

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