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Did you know that service personnel are now being warned not to wear their uniforms in public? Terry
"Per ardua ad astra, semper"
It should be noted that the RAF's main predecessor, the Royal Flying Corp was founded 96 years ago next month, making the RAF-RFC the world's oldest airforce. 5 of the top ten aces of WWI were RFC pilots and 1 was from the Royal Naval Air Service, also folded into the RAF in 1918.
And 3 of the top 10 Great War aces were Canadian, 3 were German, 2 were English, 1 was French and 1 was South African.
In total, England had 601 aces, Germany 393, Canada 191, France 182, United States 123, Australia 75, Scotland 63, Austria-Hungary 49, South Africa 45, Italy 45, Ireland 33, Wales 22, Russia 19, New Zealand 13, Belgium 6 and India 1.
Gotta love it!!!
Well typical of the backslappers ignore the obvious!
While you guys are busily talking up the RAF, the society that spawned that great weapon is falling apart around it!
The question is what are you guys going to do about it!
Terry, for the Australian Protectionist Party.
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