Aces High and Patriotism

[B@tfinkV]

Thanks for the opinions everyone. The responses that interest me the most are those who still feel the effects of the conflicts in thier homes, and a few even feeling the past effect you personally through memories or family history. almost equally interesting is how many of us have absolutely no taboo or history in direct contanct with our day to day lives. would be interested to hear from any {ex}Axis countries in more strength.

the best point brought up was for me about the difference between the majority of all Allied and Axis service men, and thier Governments.

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We were supposedly neutral in WW2 so technically I should have no bias although in practice I would certainly have tried to join the RAF if I had been around at the time. In fact I did apply to join the real RAF in the eighties at a time when certain fellow citizens would have shot me dead as a traitor for doing so.

But I tend to fly whatever I feel like on the day. At least in part to get an idea of what it was like to fly famous aircraft. I tend to favour US Navy aircraft particularly the F4U but it tends to kill me quite a lot. Maybe I'm a reincarnation of a USN pilot:cool:

I'm toying with the idea of designing a skin for a Hurricane in Irish Air Corps colours.