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Old 8th Jan 2008, 21:39
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musclemech
 
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Bob Stanford Tuck

I'm guessing that Bader has been done to death, but you could look at Bob Stanford Tuck, my personal WW2 hero. His biography Fly For your Life by Larry Forrester (a real Boy's Own story, and my Desert island Disc book) has plenty of examples of his leadership, not least when he took over a demoralised Canadian squadron (257 sqn IIRC) and turned them into a highly effective outfit in double quick time. And another when he deals with a couple of NCO aircrew who keep turning back from their scrambles.

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