Real World BoB Hurricane Pilot's views on SOW

[philip.ed]

Isn't this already in SoW on some level?

[ComeOneComeAll]

I realise this is a very old thread, but I was googling my father (as a bored man does sometimes) and came across this thread....my father being John Greenwood whose comments are quoted at the beginning of this thread.

I, in fact, remember getting a Battle of Britain PC game many years ago together with a joystick attachment and getting him to have a go at it. After showing him the controls and putting into a squadron of Heinkel he immediately showed the skills that kept him alive at that time had not disappeared. The way he locked on and then used his controls to "slide"with his prey was quite amazing.

Anyway, I will likely show him this thread and he will get a good laugh out of it no doubt.

He is now 91 and soon all of his kind will be "unavailable". I suggest if programmers or testers want information they should just ask.....he remembers his version of those days of lost youth very well (although he never remembers any of the bets he has lost to me

When I show this thread to him I will ask him to explain why he believed you would be dead flying straight and level for a period coming up the rear of the enemy.

[TedStryker]

Well, please pass on my gratitude to your father for his service and sacrifice. I have been fortunate enough over the years to be able to meet a few veterans and have been both amazed and humbled by these gentlemen and their stories.

My circle of friends are all in their late 20's - mid 30's, and apart from the serving soldiers, aren't interested in military history. They are all, however, very conscious of the sacrifices made that enable our generation to live and bring up families in a free United Kingdom.
While i can only speak for myself, i am pretty sure i speak for them as well when i say that thankyou is far too small a word.


Ted

[ComeOneComeAll]

Cheers Ted, I will pass on your kind thoughts.

I spoke to him yesterday and he reckoned the best approach on the Heinkel was level from the rear quarter....but often they would meet the enemy from below due to battling to get into position in time. Also he learnt very quickly not to fly level and straight for any length of time so I expect the original sim showed the fighter level and straight as it approached the Heinkel from straight behind....also bringing in their rear gunner as a problem. And Me109's with a height advantage, coming out of the sun meant you didn't have too much time for hanging around.

Glad it was him and not me! Certainly I'm grateful to be of a generation that hasn't needed to be called upon for such sacrifice....we just complain about our electricity bills lol

If your interested, my brother once set up some web pages about our father and got his comments to do with his war service and 253 squadron (his squadron during the Battle of France and Battle of Britain)....just do a quick google and they will come up.

Maybe they need an extra scene or two in these games re Cam Ships and a fighter being catapulted into action to protect an Atlantic convoy....another of my father's adventures.