ASSIST IN FIGHTER OPERATIONS - Every time a home-based Tempest, Spitfire, Beaufighter or Typhoon becomes airborne, personnel play an important part inthe success of the pilot's and the aircraft's flight. Picture (issued 1944) shows - On a landing field Flight Mechanics operate the pressure pump, filling the air bottle which acts as an emergency release for the Spitfire undercarriage. At the same time a Wireless Mechanic tests the R/T by which the pilot communicates with base, Royal Air Force

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