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Originally Posted by aap1966
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September 15.
Battle of Britain Day.
Luftwaffe Aircraft: 2600
Fighter Command Aircraft: 640
Average age of Fighter Command Pilot (in 1940); 20 years.
Mortality Rate: 18.85 %
Solo Time for new pilots before combat: 10 hours
20% Fighter Command Pilots were not British.
100% Volunteers
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO8hwgNWUAAqrhU.jpg:large<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">10 minutes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BattleofBritain?src=hash">#BattleofBritain</a> perfect weather! <a href="http://t.co/sHUgPRfoOi">pic.twitter.com/sHUgPRfoOi</a></p>— Boultbee Academy (@BoultbeeAcademy) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoultbeeAcademy/status/643770445481811968">September 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I knew about the big flyby (flypast?) today but didn't know they were splitting into smaller groups around the country. The Red section just happened to fly past my work. Can't miss the sound of 6 of these birds in formation. No picture but it was awesome!!
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