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Old 10th January 2011, 15:00
Phil Lloyd Phil Lloyd is offline
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Re: Battle of Britain Colour footage - Dig1940

Hi Andy,

Wow! That's an amazing amount of footage. Like so many others i would love to see it.

I recently saw an amazing colour home movie which was taken by a Doctor in his garden during the BofB on 16mm Kodachrome. He was filming his nephew on a swing bench when he turns the camera skyward and captures a dogfight, between fighters over Ashford, apparently around 31st August. Both groups immediately wheel around to get on each others tail, the sun glinting of the aircraft as they do so. One falls streaming smoke and a Spitfire flies low and fast, possibly out of ammo. Amazing to see an uncensored view of the BofB.

Regards
Phil

ps 'Finding the Few' is a great read!
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