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Geoff Wellum Teenage Spitfire Pilot – One of the “Few” Remembers

“Being in a Spitfire, at 30,000 feet on a lovely day, it does things—particularly in the evening. Sometimes there’s a feeling of an unknown presence. I can’t define it. It’s rather beautiful, as if someone’s with you."

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The mood was, “We’ll have a go at you.” You didn’t allow yourself to dwell on the losses, or the seriousness of the situation. You had tomorrow morning to look to. You made a resolve to do the best you could. The thought of defeat never entered our heads. Nobody would beat us. In the Battle of Britain, for the first time, the Germans realized they could be stopped and prevented from their cause. Seventy...

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