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Re: 20 Crated Spitfires Found in Burma????
To be honest Nick, nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to the level of historical knowledge in the general population, away from enthusiast groups. Too many examples of every possible warship being called a battleship, too many appalling errors in continuity in TV programmes... the list could go on. The Spitfire was of course a Triumph sportscar, was the aircraft named after that?
If you watch a couple of examples of the TV programme Pointless, you will soon be disillusioned as to how few people know what you'd imagine to be fairly widespread knowledge. And no, I don't mean trivia such as Madonna's top 40 hits! If a newspaper refers to a Spitfire fighter plane, at least it isn't calling it a bomber.
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