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School of Aces - The RAF Training School that Won the Battle of Britain (Paperback)
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School of Aces - The RAF Training School that Won the Battle of Britain (Paperback)
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This is the fascinating true story behind one of the key reasons
that RAF Fighter Command saw such success in the Second World War
and emerged victorious from the Battle of Britain – the
incredible training school that transformed young men from
inexperienced pilots into some of the finest airmen in the world.
From peacetime Armament Practice Camp, to fighter Operational
Training Unit, to Central Gunnery School, this is the story of how,
between 1926 and 1946, the RAF developed and implemented a
world-beating training system. This allowed the RAF to have total
faith in the men tasked with combatting the Nazi threat from the
air, and School of Aces tells the astonishing story of the station
through a wealth of individual stories – with famous names,
drama, courage and pathos a-plenty – recalling how pilots, air
gunners and ground crew came to be at RAF Sutton Bridge, what life
was like for them there and what happened to them afterwards. Prior
to and during the Battles of France and Britain, RAF Sutton Bridge
played a vital role in the British success by creating, in a
remarkably short time, an effective training programme for
potential fighter pilots. It then turned out 494 Hurricane pilots
with such rapidity that summer that no fewer than 390 graduates
flew as part of that illustrious band of men known forever as 'The
Few'.
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