THE GREAT DAT! A FLEDGLING FIGHTER PILOT FLIES HIS FIRST SPITFIRE [Picture issued 1942] - A fighter pilot in the making arrives at an OTU - Operational Training Unit - the final step before he is posted for action with a first-line fighter squadron, marking the end of months of rigorous preparatory training. He flies his first Spitfire, a machine more powerful and far faster than anything he has flown before. Here also be still has plenty of hard work to do on the ground, improving his flying and tactical abilities and acquiring absolute confidence in his aircraft. The pupil arrives at dispers


THE GREAT DAT! A FLEDGLING FIGHTER PILOT FLIES HIS FIRST SPITFIRE [Picture issued 1942] - A fighter pilot in the making arrives at an OTU - Operational Training Unit - the final step before he is posted for action with a first-line fighter squadron, marking the end of months of rigorous preparatory training. He flies his first Spitfire, a machine more powerful and far faster than anything he has flown before. Here also be still has plenty of hard work to do on the ground, improving his flying and tactical abilities and acquiring absolute confidence in his aircraft. The pupil arrives at dispersal point for his first day's flying at an Operational Training Unit. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force


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