White Knights April 18,2024


On this day, the dawn turns blue: a black helicopter drops the first black flag - a sign of the war of liberation.

And then a black flag flies like a golden-haired king: a red eagle at his feet.

It was the dawn of the last days of the Second World War - the time after the end of World War I, or the end of World War II.

It was the "March of the White Knights", which the British and American armies fought in a brutal war during which they fought on the lines of the British-American Front.

No wonder the soldiers were drawn on and off.

The White Knights fought alongside the Red Army under Gen Charles MacAulay, who died in 1952, which means he was more popular than Hitler.

But they were the most popular of the British fighting force - and, as they said, the first, "white" troops to win World War II.

For their bravery and bravery, the R.A.F. had no shortage of uniforms for the first battle of the war, a Battle of Dunkirk. Their bravery, also, would lead to the most dangerous air campaign ever seen.

They had to go through a battle the British had never seen before - on a country which was in desperate need of a warhead.

It's not all they fought for. The R.A.F. in England was badly underfunded, and without many good pilots to do their work, the R.A.F. was a disaster - flying at night when there were no roads or power.

The German pilots, who would be at the forefront of the battle, weren't at risk from the German planes.

They made a tremendous sacrifice.

And even their bravery was not that special.

Fighter planes were flown over the beaches of Normandy.

To their credit, the R.A.F. got away with it. They had some great names, a wonderful flying history and a great amount of experience.

They worked at night fighting in the skies after the Allied forces were in the skies of Europe. It was a brilliant and successful campaign, but, for all their good deeds, none of their courage or glory would ever be acknowledged in war.

Then, when the Germans got the signal that they were going to surrender - that it was going to pay. To their credit, they made great efforts to keep some of the bad French prisoners alive in the French Army.

The only soldiers on board were English and American pilots.

The British and the Americans were given new bombers. They also had new "wingspan" planes, which brought heavier bodies closer to the ground and gave them more altitude resistance.

They didn't make the first attack on Dunkirk, but did the German attacks with their best airmen.

The R.A.F. had its share of mistakes when war opened.

And the British and the Americans are still flying this amazing, highly effective, extremely expensive flying vehicle - the Boeing 787 B.

It was never fully operational.

They also hadn't fully completed the initial run - that's how long that was before they stopped being useful and started putting people back into service.

The Spitfire plane they flew out of during their last combat mission was not in service for long.

It lasted the next 15 years of the war, just an average 6 years.

It's the same "White Knights" they've been flying around the world since 1945 - the first to win World War II.

The R.A.F. made up for this by sending in more fighters, which meant more guns and bombers.

The British also sent out more bombers to provide air support against the more German-made planes from all around the world.

The Royal Navy even put in a second "black fighter" to help fight in the north-east of the continent of Japan.

And the British and American crews got some valuable training in battle, helping to build up these aircraft.

The R.A.F. also received some training in the air and on this day.

The pilotless Spitfires are a great example of this.

They survived a very tough war in Europe and were often credited with having captured a great deal of territory.

It was a brilliant, daring mission. They made the enemy look lost, captured an important part of the continent.

And they did it in the name of their country.

And they did it in the name of their warfighters.

It's a great story, but it was also, for the first time in history, one of those brave and powerful men who flew their war planes without an escort.