during his flying career mostly on the russian front hugo brock was credited with 81 victories in 324 had waited most of his life to fly in one. translation: the spitfire was greatly respected. with these machines you have a fantastic feeling of being free and being able to do what you want. i expect to get that feeling again today. the spitfire gained its iconic status in the summer of 1940 when the raf fought to hold off an invasion. there is still debate over whether the plains of the pilots won the battle. as his ground crew hurried to scramble this spitfire ahead of the approaching rainclouds, hugo brock clearly remembered the drill. the flight was captured by documentary cameras so the flight was captured by documentary cameras so we can the flight was captured by documentary cameras so we can share hugo brock‘s delight as he soared above the camp hill. he declined an offer to ta ke above the camp hill. he declined an offer to take the controls, saying that in this case he was just a backseat driver. then, all too soon it was over, some up in one word — wonderful. translation: t