Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
During WW II some teens kids were sent out on missions on fighters with 20 hours TT, the attrition rate was atrocious .
Yes, around 10 hours solo.... and some died on their first landing since the spitfire had such a narrow u/c wheelbase. I wonder why they weren't trained on hurricanes and converted to spitfires. What a world they had to live in.