I was but a kid when the likes of Joan Hughes [ATA] and her cohorts were delivering front line fighters and bombers to UK airfields with just a map and compass - no radio allowed.
Often before the Ace RAF types had even flown one and all the ATA crews had was their amazing "Ferry Pilots Notes" and often flew a handful of different types on a daily basis.
Anyone seen that wonderful shot of Joan Hughes dwarfed by the Starboard main wheel of the RAF's biggest bomber of WW2 the Shorts Stirling......
My heros..... I forgot to add that the airfields were camouflaged too! IFR meant "I Follow Rails"
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