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11th Jan 2011, 16:25

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Gertrude the Wombat

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I wonder how on earth in world war 2 they ever got 18 year olds to fly powerful aircraft like the Spitfire in a handful of hours?

In part by accepting a vastly higher death-in-training rate than we do now for civilian hobbyists.

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