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baled out,
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defending London,
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Squadron,
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rifle marksman,
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Glyde, F or O Richard Lindsay,
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death,
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Distinguished Flying Cross,
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Eagle Day,
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failed medical,
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Goodall, P or O Harold,
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Göring, Hermann,
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attack on ‘Peewit',
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bombing of London,
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Eagle Attack,
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poor military intelligence,
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sector airfields,
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victory imminent,
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watches bombers leave,
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wounded ego,
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Gotha G.V.,
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Gray, F or O Colin Falkland,
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death of brother,
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death of Kemp,
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death of Way,
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Distinguished Flying Cross,
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drogue duty,
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failed medical,
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fatigue,
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flying hours required,
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grief,
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ground crew,
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guiding novice pilots,
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Hurricane versus Spitfire,
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July sorties,
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misidentifies enemy,
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Panama City,
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posted to,
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Squadron,
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remarkable successes,
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removed Spitfire undercarriage,
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short service commission,
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‘toughening up',
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visits convalescing Deere,
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Windmill Girls,
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Great War,
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Greatest Day,
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Greymouth,
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Gribble, P or O George,
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Churchill,
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death of Way,
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Groups: Group: 10,
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11 Group,
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12 Group,
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13 Group,
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Guilford Grammar School,
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Guinea Pig Club
see Anzacs
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Harwich,
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Hastings,
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Hawker Fury,
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Hawker Hurricane,
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advertising short service commissions,
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altitude limitations,
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compared to Spitfire,
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division of labour with Spitfires; ease of maintenance,
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mixed construction,
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losses,
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propellers,
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Hawkinge,
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Hayter, F or O James Chilton Francis,
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auxiliary squadron largesse,
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baled out,
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Keith Park,
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smoking,
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Heinkel He 59,
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Heinkel He 111,
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Herrick, P or O Michael James,
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Cranwell cadetship,
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night fighting prowess,
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Hight, P or O Cecil Henry,
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death,
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Hill, P or O Howard Perry,
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death,
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aviation aspirations,
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bombed,
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burns,
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Carbury,
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death
Germans,
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goggles,
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Guinea Pig,
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killing,
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night flying,
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The Last Enemy,
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Spitfire,
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Hitler, Adolf,
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bombing London,
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Eagle Attack,
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invasion of Poland,
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loses interest,
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rationale for Operation Sea Lion,
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speech,
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Hobart,
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Hodgson, P or O William Henry,
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death,
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Distinguished Flying Cross,
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head-on attacks,
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Holder, Sgt Robert,
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Holland, Sgt Kenneth Christopher,
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Home Guard,
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Hornchurch,
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bombed,
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rapid recovery,
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Hughes, Howard,
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death,
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marriage,
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Hull,
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Invercargill,
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Isle of Wight,
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Johnson, Johnnie,
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Jordon, William,
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Junkers Ju 87 Stuka,
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easy target,
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operations in France,
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required escort,
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weaknesses of,
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withdrawal from operations,
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Junkers Ju 88,
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used as fighter-bomber,
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Kain, F or O Edgar,
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death,
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Distinguished Flying Cross,
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first Commonwealth ace,
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killing,
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‘Mannock eye',
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Kanalkampf,
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Convoy ‘Booty',
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Convoy ‘Bread',
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Convoy ‘Peewit',
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Kemp, P or O John Richard,
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death,
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Gray,
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Kenley,
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Kesselring, Albert,
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Kinder, F or O Maurice Craig,
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ground crew,
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Hurricane,
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Keith Park,
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wheels-up landing,
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Kingaby, Sgt Donald,
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King's College, Auckland,
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Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles,
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Kinloss,
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Lawrence, P or O Keith Ashley,
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death of Hughes,
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grief,
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nationalism,
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Leigh-Mallory, AVM Trafford,
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Big Wings,
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inadequate support of 11 Group,
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withholding experienced squadrons,
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Linton-on-Ouse,
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London,
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Lovell-Gregg, S or L Terence Gunion,
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death,
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Luftflotten: Luftflotte 2,
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Luftflotte 3,
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Luftflotte 5,
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Luftwaffe,
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aircraft inadequacies,
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Condor Legion,
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failure to appreciate radar,
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faulty intelligence,
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formation-flying,
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‘finger-four',
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losses,
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morale,
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operational strength,
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over-claiming,
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strategy,
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tactics,
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Luton,
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Lympne,
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Mackenzie, F or O John Noble,
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Battle of Britain assessment,
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Maginot Line,
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Malta,
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Mannock, Maj Edward,
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Manston,
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bombed,
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dubbed ‘Hell's Corner',
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Margate,
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Marlborough Aero Club,
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Marlborough Boys' College,
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Mayers, F or L Howard Clive,
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baled out,
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‘millionaires' squadron',
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McIndoe, Archibald,
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Melbourne,
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Messerschmitt Me 109,
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fitted with bomb,
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high altitude raids,
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supercharger,
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Messerschmitt Me 110,
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defensive circle,
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fitted with drop tanks,
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limitations,
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Messerschmitt Month,
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Mexico,
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Middle Wallop,
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Middlesbrough,
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Millington, P or O William Henry,
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crash-landing,
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death,
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Distinguished Flying Cross,
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nationalism,
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Mölders, Major Werner,
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Morrison, John,
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Napier,
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Napier Boys' High School,
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Narkunda,
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Nelson,
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Nelson College,
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Nelson, Lord,
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New Plymouth Boys' High School,
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Newcastle,
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Newton, Dennis,
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night flying and fighting,
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