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INTERNATIONAL HEROES

Throughout the Battle of Britain Fighter Command, under the leadership of Hugh Dowding, was suffering from a chronic shortage of fighter pilots. This was due to a variety of factors, some reaching back to the earliest phase of the war. During the initial few months, a more rapid expansion of air strength had been required than initially expected. As a result, the training programme that had been designed to keep up a steady output of pilots had already been required to produce more than expected. Secondly, as the result of

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