Hitler flies a spitfire in the RAF

Landshark

Alright I know it's more than a bit bizarre but it's inspired by something I've just heard on the TV.

The line went something like:

"He fought in the war."

"So did Hitler."

"Hitler didn't fly a Spitfire in the RAF."

So how would Hitler end up flying a fighter for the RAF.

Apart from the more obvious problem, Hitler being dictator of Nazi Germany when the Spitfire was in service, Hitler would also be in his late forties when the plane entered service and therefore not exactly in the best condition to fly a high performance warplane.

Also you'd need a different war for Hitler to fight in.
 
Thande

Thande

Donor
Easy. Hitler fakes his death in 1945 and lives quietly in a Bavarian village for decades, living to the age of 79. Over this time, he becomes convinced that, because it triumphed over National Socialism, Soviet Communism truly is the superior ideology. So in 1970 he joins the Red Army Faction, steals a Spitfire from a museum display, and crashes it into the Reichstag as a terror attack.



...What? You never said which RAF. :p
 

Cockroach

Landshark said:
Apart from the more obvious problem, Hitler being dictator of Nazi Germany when the Spitfire was in service, Hitler would also be in his late forties when the plane entered service and therefore not exactly in the best condition to fly a high performance warplane.

Also you'd need a different war for Hitler to fight in.
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Didn't sayhe needed to be flying it in active service, so we can have him as a senior officer taking one for a spin on some occasion... Still needs.
Probably start with a WW1 PoD to get Adolf into the German airforce and probably have him become a well known fighter ace. Cue scare over communism during the late 1920s and as a result have the treaty restrictions on Germany go out the window. Luftwaffe gets formed, assorted WW1 aces get sucked back in as high ranking officers. Now, come late 1930s have the Soviets come rolling west. In combination with pro-communist groups within Germany the nation falls into a bickering mess while being overrun, have Hitler et al. escape to Britain and then have something similar to OTLs Polish squadrons form from 'em.

Of cause, there's every chance such a turn of events would butterfly away OTLs Spitfire.
 

Detroitman32

Banned
Surely you know Hitler secretly had a Spitfire, and at night he dressed up as an Englishman, flew it to London and wished the English "a jolly good day!"?
 
Magniac

Magniac

DuQuense said:
Well if Hitler is flying for Britain Then Here is the Leader of Germany he is flying against
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIaQKnzQzj4&feature
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But what if The Goodies were right about Churchill actually looking like Hitler?
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That's the Hitleresque Winston on the left.

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Fiver

William Patrick Hitler is in his birthplace, Liverpool, when the war breaks out. Though older than most pilots, the RAF feels the publicity value of having William fighting against his uncle Adolf is more than worth it.
 

Xen

Banned
Perhaps a Red Alert type of scenario? Hitler never becomes dictator of Germany, instead he wanders Bavaria in the post-war years doing odd jobs. For whatever reason Stalin gets a hair up his ass and decides to invade Europe. The Red Army conquers most of Europe with most national forces from Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, etc ending up in the UK, Hitler having rejoined the Army is among them.

In 1942 there is a fear of Soviet invasion, the allies with American aid undergoes a massive industrial program churning out spitfires by the thousands. The exiled national forces call on their troops to take training and learn how to fly the Spitfire, Hitler volunteers for Germany. With the Soviet Air Blitz occuring in 1943, Hitler flies his Spitfire into action and is shot down outside of London, dying a horrible firery death.
 
Magniac

Magniac

Wanderlust said:
Amazing :eek: Good old British TV. So subversive :D

These days, we'd just get Russel Brand going 'The Queen's like, a twat... innit.'
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But on the other hand, The Goodies was/is better than the Python TV show from the seventies.

Anyway, Goodies episodes from circa '70 through '80 have constantly been on TV in this country since they were made, first on the national broadcaster, then cable. I'm happy I grew-up watching episodes like 'War Kids' and not a single minute of Flying Circus.
 

esl

Magniac said:
But on the other hand, The Goodies was/is better than the Python TV show from the seventies.

Anyway, Goodies episodes from circa '70 through '80 have constantly been on TV in this country since they were made, first on the national broadcaster, then cable. I'm happy I grew-up watching episodes like 'War Kids' and not a single minute of Flying Circus.
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I can't even find a person whos even heard of the Goodies ,let alone perfered them over Python. Yet ask the average punter about Python, you'll get a response, although sometimes its mush less that enthusiastic response.

We always use that as a way to measure how much sense of humor people have....The Python meter.

Satan will have 'to go skating to work on the day', that the Goodies are better than Python.

That skit from the goodies BTW was actually quite good, but it looks too much like a poor Python impersonation.
 
Magniac

Magniac

Magniac said:
Anyway, Goodies episodes from circa '70 through '80 have constantly been on TV in this country [Australia] since they were made, first on the national broadcaster, then cable.
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esl said:
I can't even find a person whos even heard of the Goodies ,let alone perfered them over Python. Yet ask the average punter about Python, you'll get a response, although sometimes its mush less that enthusiastic response.

We always use that as a way to measure how much sense of humor people have....The Python meter.

Satan will have 'to go skating to work on the day', that the Goodies are better than Python.

That skit from the goodies BTW was actually quite good, but it looks too much like a poor Python impersonation.
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I'm sorry, are you talking about Flying Circus? Forget the movies (they're different, i.e. funny)--who on earth under the age of 50 is supposed to think the TV show is funny?

esl, I don't know how old you are (I'm thirty) but 'Python metre' sounds very middle aged.

And more than a little naff.

"We always use that as a way to measure how much sense of humour people have." That's recorded for all time now, brother. You can't edit that out.:D

LATE EDIT: 'Poor imitation' could describe Flying Circus, a rip-off of Spike Milligan's Q and the movies of Richard Lester.

LATER EDIT: Just as Elvis stole the music of the black man, Monty Python stole the comedy of working class comedians/auteurs. Discuss.
 
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esl

Magniac said:
I'm sorry, are you talking about Flying Circus? Forget the movies (they're different, i.e. funny)--who on earth under the age of 50 is supposed to think the TV show is funny?

esl, I don't know how old you are (I'm thirty) but 'Python metre' sounds very middle aged.

And more than a little naff.

"We always use that as a way to measure how much sense of humour people have." That's recorded for all time now, brother. You can't edit that out.:D

LATE EDIT: 'Poor imitation' could describe Flying Circus, a rip-off of Spike Milligan's Q and the movies of Richard Lester.

LATER EDIT: Just as Elvis stole the music of the black man, Monty Python stole the comedy of working class comedians/auteurs. Discuss.
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Well you are entitled to your opinion, however ,every one I spoke to [old and young] laughed at the suggestion the Goodies were better than Python! As one guy pointed out the Goodies were a product created to replace TV Python when they went over to movies. It was a pale follow on.

No one ever had the creativity and shock value of Cleese and Chapman. They had the right message at the right place and the right time...kind of like the Beatles in Music. Borrowing/sealing ideas in the arts is the norm and nothing wrong with that. No one ownes any ideas. Its all in the delivery and in that regard Python has no equal.

I would even say that Python was better than the "Goon show", but that is almost sacrilge to think that way. "Yiiieeeks Neady, have a noodle" Peter Sellers was one of the most creative comedians of his time and Spike was just too wacked out at times , but fit very , very well with Sellers.

Even to this day I can watch Python skits on TV and roar with laughter. Only Black Adder and Red Dwarf can do the same for me, but all roads lead to Python in the real comedy world.
 

Susano

Banned
To make the challenge weirder, Hitler is now supposed to fly a spitfire in the Rote Armee-Fraktion ;)
 
MrP

MrP

Banned
esl said:
No one ever had the creativity and shock value of Cleese and Chapman.
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Hm, those South Park chaps did rather better on the shock front for a while.
Susano said:
To make the challenge weirder, Hitler is now supposed to fly a spitfire in the Rote Armee-Fraktion ;)
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Get back in your time machine! ;)
Thande said:
Easy. Hitler fakes his death in 1945 and lives quietly in a Bavarian village for decades, living to the age of 79. Over this time, he becomes convinced that, because it triumphed over National Socialism, Soviet Communism truly is the superior ideology. So in 1970 he joins the Red Army Faction, steals a Spitfire from a museum display, and crashes it into the Reichstag as a terror attack.



...What? You never said which RAF. :p
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catboy637

Thande said:
Easy. Hitler fakes his death in 1945 and lives quietly in a Bavarian village for decades, living to the age of 79. Over this time, he becomes convinced that, because it triumphed over National Socialism, Soviet Communism truly is the superior ideology. So in 1970 he joins the Red Army Faction, steals a Spitfire from a museum display, and crashes it into the Reichstag as a terror attack.



...What? You never said which RAF. :p
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Asking the right person, that's actually real.
 
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