In the days during the battle of Britain?

Question

During the tense days at the height of the Battle of Britain, some desk navigator at the War Office decided that it was imperative to boost the morale of the pilots. It was decided that the best way to do this was for the pilots to meet some of the young ladies among the British Aristocracy in a social setting. To ensure that some of the young hellions among the pilots didn't get carried away, a Wing Commander would be present to protect the finer sensibilities of the debutantes from any excesses of enthusiasm.

The first such event duly came about, and among the participants selected was Paddy, a young Irish pilot. A bit shy at first, he quickly thawed with a few belts of Irish whisky and an admiring circle of young ladies, and before long he was regaling them with the details of his latest sortie against the Luftwaffe. The Wing Commander casually strolled over and pricked up his ears just as Paddy said, "And there I was, with barely enough fuel to make it back to the airfield, when I suddenly spotted these three Fokkers diving down at me out of the sun..."

The Wing Commander swooped in at once. This was exactly the sort of thing that could be misunderstood by the pampered and protected young debutantes, and the last thing he wanted was a complaint to Air Vice-Marshal Dowding about foul-mouthed pilots. "Excuse me a moment please, Paddy." he interrupted, and turned the audience. "Let me explain, ladies that the Fokker is among the Luftwaffe's finest aircraft, and both their fighters and bombers have given us a great deal of trouble in combat. Thank you Paddy, you can carry on with your story now."

Paddy shook his head soberly. "Yes Wing Commander, sure and you can say the Fokker is a very fine fighting machine, and no one will deny it. However, these three Fokkers I'm talking about were all Messerschmidts..."

Answer 1

Yes, well I remember watching British fighter pilots engaged in aerial battles with the German Pilots, and one of the Fokkers crashed nearby in the garden of the Bishop of Chelmsford,s house, of course it might have been a Messerschmidt but that's not what the Bishop called it.

Answer 2

During the Battle of Britain, how could the pilots to recognize enemy planes? The German ones had distinctive shapes and gray crosses painted on the wings and fuselage. During the Battle of Britain, the British were not sending up planes to hurt Germans. Later on the British had night fighters. British planes could send out a special type of radio signal ( short range)so other British planes would recognize them

Answer 3

Laugh a lot, I can't remember the dog fights over London, but by 1945 I was 6 and can remember the V1s coming over, most of them drooped short in Croydon where I lived.

Why am I lelling you this?

Answer 4

There weren't any Fokkers flying in the Battle of Britain... Fokker was a First World War make of aircraft and Focke Wulf aircraft didn't take part in fighting in 1940 as they came along later.

Oh... wait... it's supposed to be a joke... right?... hilarious... I'll make a special note to laugh out loud later when I forget that I first heard that joke over 35 years ago.

Answer 5

George Washington was the greatest hero ever. Check it out..

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Answer 6

hehehe you naughty little fokker, that had me laughing a lot

Have a star

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Answer 7

Had a very good laugh at that one, have a star

Answer 8

Hehe bad boy!

Answer 9

Ha ha, that's class.

(and my late grandad would have loved it, he was a hurrcane pilot)

Answer 10

sorry, must be thick, don't get it. Very bad on me, not getting one of your fabulous jokes.