The cover of the jacket to hold the 50 pence piece issued by the Royal Mint no less, to celebrate the Battle of Britain. And the problem is......?
The cover of the jacket to hold the 50 pence piece issued by the Royal Mint no less, to celebrate the Battle of Britain. And the problem is......?
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Well.... apart from it showing the wrong mark of Spitfire?
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXs feature in the picture!
And wrong camo for BoB on them, of course.
Judging by the insignia located by the cockpit of each these Spitfire Mk IXs they are from the RCAF - not sure which Squadron.
Also The Spitfire furthest away is rather badly drawn and looks more like a Mk XIV than a Mk IX. Or is that just me seeing things?!
Well chaps, that's what happens when they don't run it past us first.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
It is RCAF Squadron No.416, active from November 18, 1941.
Well done chaps, give yourselves a banana!
Now, we must all write a stiff letter to the Times about this.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
On the other hand, it could be a poster with 4 RAF Se.5a fighters, because it was RAF who saved Albion
Darn! Did they get that wrong. They might as well have used this:
It is, at least, in close to the right colours, and the right markings. No. 1(RCAF) Squadron was flying Hurricanes, not Spitfires, though. If they wanted a Spitfire squadron, they could have used 92 Squadron. We even have a Wings of Glory plane, in the right markings:
P/O Allan Wright, WoW Deluxe Set
Or, another Hurricane that flew in the battle, 242 (Canadian) Squadron.
S/L Douglas Bader, WoW Series Two
Not the iconic Spitfire, though, but the workhorse of the battle.
PS: Messed that up. Try this edit.
Last edited by OldGuy59; 09-03-2015 at 10:25. Reason: Messed up the original post
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Royal Mint commemoratives are often wrong.
The "Royal Navy" silver coin set I have includes a coin of the 1933 HMS Ark Royal, complete with a full colour data card depicting the 1980s HMS Ark Royal!
The "Army" set has a coin commemorating the Battle of El Alamein, 1942, showing British 6-pounder anti-tank guns being attacked by two Tiger tanks! Tigers didn't arrive in North Africa until 1943, and then only in Tunisia, and only 10 of them!
I have given up complaining to the Royal Mint; they just send back apologetic letters claiming that there was no way to know that they were wrong, and that the vast majority of purchasers wouldn't know, or care, one way or the other.
Now I just save up my spare cash for buying minis!
No. 416 Squadron RCAF was formed at RAF Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1941 as a fighter squadron for service during the Second World War and was based at various RAF stations in Scotland, England and continental Europe. The squadron was disbanded in March 1946.
So, wrong plane, wrong squadron, wrong paint job .... Do Ares have something to do with the Royal Mint covers ?!!
"He is wise who watches"
I am so observant never even took notice. Wife bought it for me so just said thank you , looked at coin not package
This is why serious collectors buy from the these guys
and their Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary Collection quite frankly pisses all over the Royal Mint!
https://www.iompost.com/stamps-coins...h-anniversary/
I think there is a poll on one of the forums here somewhere entitled "Is History Important?" I guess with this you would have to say not according to the Royal Mint. The way of the world. Dumb everything down and who cares so long as it raises a profit. I am not a rivet counter but totally with you guys on this one. It is just unforgivable really.
Hmmm... I was thinking that the original image was a squadron picture of a flight of 416 Squadron Spitfires, with two different marks of planes. But, I found this:
Magnoliabox.com Art - Patrolling Flight of 416 Squadron RCAF
Titled: Patrolling flight of 416 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Spitfire Mark 9s (gouache on paper)
Artist: Wilf Hardy
Who also did this:
Titled: The Battle of Britain
I would think that they entered into a contract with the artist, or at least his copyright lawyer, to use the artwork. One wonders what the discussion was like. One wonders what the individual in charge of the Royal Mint project was looking for, and whether they paid any attention whatsoever to the artist's recommendations, or any of their history classes?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
It seriously makes one wonder why Royal Mint never used the second picture if the two are by the same artist and they have entered into an agreement with them ...
I think the people who put these things out need a technical advisor. A few months ago there was a tribute flight in Charleston SC. The news reported that WWII era planes would be doing the flyover. When they flew over I didn't see 1 WWII plane. They never seem to get things right.
I got it, I got it, the ten shilling note, is made out of metal? Attachment 174780
I'll have to dig through the collection of First Day Covers I inherited from my dad. I know there are definitely WWII and Battle of Britain ones.
I have several hundred from the UK (including Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) and Canada, eh
Typical of advertisement GEEKS. Lack of research.
I've long since given up on the Royal Mint being historically accurate - but then I have never been tempted to buy any of their commemorative issues anyway
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