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and one day, somebody came from don bennett's pathfinder group.ours, i would like to recruit them "into our bomber command night flight striking force". and i thought, "well, that's for me". i saw this rather elderly navigator with a canada flash on his shoulder. he must�*ve been all of 28, so he was quite an old man. "have you crewed up with anybody?" "nope," he said. so i said, "what's your experience?" and he said to me, "well, i've been an instructor — "a navigation instructor — at prince edward island". so, i said to him, "you've found yourself a pilot". and i think we made a very good team. he was, without question, the very, very best navigator on the squadron. and i was incredibly lucky to have had him as my navigator. archive: taking over on the tarmac, a line| of new mosquitoes ready to display their prowess in the air. the mosquito is the great aeronautical success of the war. british inventive genius has produced a formidable air weapon with a reputed speed of over 400 miles an hour. here are pictures to carry in your mind's eye when n
and one day, somebody came from don bennett's pathfinder group.ours, i would like to recruit them "into our bomber command night flight striking force". and i thought, "well, that's for me". i saw this rather elderly navigator with a canada flash on his shoulder. he must�*ve been all of 28, so he was quite an old man. "have you crewed up with anybody?" "nope," he said. so i said, "what's your experience?" and he said to me, "well, i've...
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and one day, somebody came from don bennett's pathfinder group and came across and said if anybody herest�*ve been all of 28, so he was quite an old man. have you crewed up with anybody? no, he said. so i said what's your experience? and he said to me well, i've been an instructor, a navigation instructor, at prince edward island. so i said to him you found yourself a pilot. and i think we made a very good team. he was, without question, the very, very best navigator on the squadron. and i was incredibly lucky to have had him as my navigator. taking over on the tarmac a line of new mosquitoes ready to display their powers in the air, mosquito is the great aeronautical success of the war, british inventive genius has produced a formidable air weapon with a reputed speed of over 400 an hour. here are pictures to carry in your minds i when next you hear of mind's i when next you hear of mosquitoes having been in action. ! mosquitoes having been in action. ~ ., action. i think on the fifth raid was _ action. i think on the fifth raid was on _ action. i think on the fifth raid was on berlin.
and one day, somebody came from don bennett's pathfinder group and came across and said if anybody herest�*ve been all of 28, so he was quite an old man. have you crewed up with anybody? no, he said. so i said what's your experience? and he said to me well, i've been an instructor, a navigation instructor, at prince edward island. so i said to him you found yourself a pilot. and i think we made a very good team. he was, without question, the very, very best navigator on the squadron. and i...
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and one day, somebody came from don bennett's pathfinder group.e was quite an old man. "have you crewed up with anybody?" "nope," he said. so i said, "what's your experience?" and he said to me, "well, i've been an instructor — "a navigation instructor — at prince edward island". so, i said to him, "you've found yourself a pilot". and i think we made a very good team. he was, without question, the very, very best navigator on the squadron. and i was incredibly lucky to have had him as my navigator. archive: taking over on the tarmac, a line of new mosquitoes ready - to display their prowess in the air. the mosquito is the great aeronautical success of the war. british inventive genius has produced a formidable air weapon with a reputed speed of over 400 miles an hour. here are pictures to carry in your mind's eye when next you hear of our mosquitoes having been in action. i think on the fifth raid was on berlin. now, berlin was about the most heavily defended city in the whole of the third reich and if you are going to be shot down, it was most li
and one day, somebody came from don bennett's pathfinder group.e was quite an old man. "have you crewed up with anybody?" "nope," he said. so i said, "what's your experience?" and he said to me, "well, i've been an instructor — "a navigation instructor — at prince edward island". so, i said to him, "you've found yourself a pilot". and i think we made a very good team. he was, without question, the very, very best navigator on the...