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No to all three of the answers. This flight was from Britain to somewhere to the east of Britain. There was no measuring or anything the flight was just to get to the other end as fast as possible. The plane was without weapons and replaced Armstrong Whitworth Witley Lockheed 14 and Hudson which were not suitable for the job.

Even Herman Göring loved the aircraft. He said
- In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see xxxxxxxxxx. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked.

Iceland was occupied in the war for our own "protection", I think you would say, by the British and Americans. That is where we became independent of Danmörk.
 
geitungur akureyrar said:
No to all three of the answers. This flight was from Britain to somewhere to the east of Britain. There was no measuring or anything the flight was just to get to the other end as fast as possible. The plane was without weapons and replaced Armstrong Whitworth Witley Lockheed 14 and Hudson which were not suitable for the job.

Even Herman Göring loved the aircraft. He said
- In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see xxxxxxxxxx. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked.

Iceland was occupied in the war for our own "protection", I think you would say, by the British and Americans. That is where we became independent of Danmörk.
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very interesting
 
I think you will not find the answer so I will give you a new question.

Which famous British actress was born in Belgium and in what town?

The answer to the other question where will this man most likely fly between and what aircraft is he in?
Leuchars in Scotland to Bromma in Sweden, the aircraft was a de Havilland dh98 Mosquito belonging to BOAC. The passengers were generally resistance fighters from Norway and other military people, I think the danish scientist Niels Bohr also flew in this way. When the aircraft returned they were full of ball bearings.
 
NZHorn said:
St Kilda?
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That's the one. The beachside suburb was named after a schooner - the Lady of St Kilda - which moored on the main beach for the best part of the year 1841. The schooner had been named in honour of Lady Grange, who had been imprisoned for 7 years by her husband - on an island in the St Kilda archipelago to the west of Scotland.

Over to you...
 
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