James Holland

use the whole time or constant abuse, I should say. In Britain and America, they rotate their pilots really, really carefully.

use the whole time or constant abuse, I should say. In Britain and America, they rotate their pilots really, really carefully.

In Britain and America, they rotate their pilots really, really carefully.

By the time that you've got the 8th Fighter Command, for example, part of the mighty 8th, the 8th Air Force operating in Britain, by the end of 1943, you would have in a squadron that would have 60, you would never have more than 16 airborne from a squadron at any one time.

By the time that you've got the 8th Fighter Command, for example, part of the mighty 8th, the 8th Air Force operating in Britain, by the end of 1943, you would have in a squadron that would have 60, you would never have more than 16 airborne from a squadron at any one time.

By the time that you've got the 8th Fighter Command, for example, part of the mighty 8th, the 8th Air Force operating in Britain, by the end of 1943, you would have in a squadron that would have 60, you would never have more than 16 airborne from a squadron at any one time.

By the time that you've got the 8th Fighter Command, for example, part of the mighty 8th, the 8th Air Force operating in Britain, by the end of 1943, you would have in a squadron that would have 60, you would never have more than 16 airborne from a squadron at any one time.

You would have 40 to 45 pilots to serve as 16 in the air and similar number of aircraft, which means you're not overusing these guys.

You would have 40 to 45 pilots to serve as 16 in the air and similar number of aircraft, which means you're not overusing these guys. And what would happen is by that stage of the war, by 1943, you know, a young fighter pilot coming to a Thunderbolt squadron or a Mustang squadron, for example, at the end of 1943, beginning of 1944, he'd have 350 hours.

You would have 40 to 45 pilots to serve as 16 in the air and similar number of aircraft, which means you're not overusing these guys. And what would happen is by that stage of the war, by 1943, you know, a young fighter pilot coming to a Thunderbolt squadron or a Mustang squadron, for example, at the end of 1943, beginning of 1944, he'd have 350 hours.

You would have 40 to 45 pilots to serve as 16 in the air and similar number of aircraft, which means you're not overusing these guys. And what would happen is by that stage of the war, by 1943, you know, a young fighter pilot coming to a Thunderbolt squadron or a Mustang squadron, for example, at the end of 1943, beginning of 1944, he'd have 350 hours.

And what would happen is by that stage of the war, by 1943, a young fighter pilot coming to a Thunderbolt squadron or a Mustang squadron, for example, at the end of 1943, beginning of 1944, he'd have 350 hours.

of consecutive flying because you can train in in america in florida or california or texas or wherever you've got you you can process many many more people because the training is much more intense because you've got clear skies so you're not it's not a question of of oh we'd like to take you out out fritz this morning but you know it's a bit cloudy and and oh the raf are over or you know the air force are over so we can't fly today so in germany

of consecutive flying because you can train in in america in florida or california or texas or wherever you've got you you can process many many more people because the training is much more intense because you've got clear skies so you're not it's not a question of of oh we'd like to take you out out fritz this morning but you know it's a bit cloudy and and oh the raf are over or you know the air force are over so we can't fly today so in germany

of consecutive flying because you can train in in america in florida or california or texas or wherever you've got you you can process many many more people because the training is much more intense because you've got clear skies so you're not it's not a question of of oh we'd like to take you out out fritz this morning but you know it's a bit cloudy and and oh the raf are over or you know the air force are over so we can't fly today so in germany

of consecutive flying because you can train in in america in florida or california or texas or wherever you've got you you can process many many more people because the training is much more intense because you've got clear skies so you're not it's not a question of of oh we'd like to take you out out fritz this morning but you know it's a bit cloudy and and oh the raf are over or you know the air force are over so we can't fly today so in germany

Pilot training is constant.

Pilot training is constant. Aircrew training is constantly being interrupted by the war, by shortage of fuel, by inclement weather, et cetera, et cetera. In America, you have none of those problems. And Britain, because of its global reach, also has training bases in what was Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe and South Africa and I'm in Canada as well.

Pilot training is constant. Aircrew training is constantly being interrupted by the war, by shortage of fuel, by inclement weather, et cetera, et cetera. In America, you have none of those problems. And Britain, because of its global reach, also has training bases in what was Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe and South Africa and I'm in Canada as well.

Pilot training is constant. Aircrew training is constantly being interrupted by the war, by shortage of fuel, by inclement weather, et cetera, et cetera. In America, you have none of those problems. And Britain, because of its global reach, also has training bases in what was Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe and South Africa and I'm in Canada as well.