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Old 13th Nov 2011, 04:57
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teresa green
 
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Sixty TP, but some did not make it that far, as quite a few were ex RAAF or RAF and had rather a unpleasant time during the second world war, (seems crazy doesn't it, but keep in mind, some were pilots in bomber command, aged 19 years.) Their health suffered accordingly, as some had ended up as POW's in Germany. They were a interesting bunch, some as mad as cut snakes, (do you blame them) but Christ they could fly, the rest had a year that was disruptive to their careers, (we won't go there) so very few got to sixty, not in TAA anyway.
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