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<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 560936" data-attributes="member: 3775"><p>It has nothing to do with the current " SERVING" generation, Back then Kids received their conscription papers and were told to turn up, They were nothing but kids off the street, taught how to March and about the chain of command then it was off to flight school to learn how to use a Compass and then taught to fly and once they had 10 hours flying time they were then dumped in at the deep end,</p><p></p><p>You can't compare the WWII Guys to the skilled Men and Women of today that get years of training for just such an event, </p><p></p><p>Those guys in WWII would fly at 200/300mph for about 8 to 12 hours to get there do what they had to do and fly for another 12 hours to get back home again in planes that had the Armour stripped out that's if they were lucky enough to survive, Nower days the same trip can be done there and back in under 2 hours, Back then their Life expectancy was Only 3 Weeks and a lot of them kids never made it through the first day,,,</p><p></p><p>Different times, So please don't go twisting what I said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 560936, member: 3775"] It has nothing to do with the current " SERVING" generation, Back then Kids received their conscription papers and were told to turn up, They were nothing but kids off the street, taught how to March and about the chain of command then it was off to flight school to learn how to use a Compass and then taught to fly and once they had 10 hours flying time they were then dumped in at the deep end, You can't compare the WWII Guys to the skilled Men and Women of today that get years of training for just such an event, Those guys in WWII would fly at 200/300mph for about 8 to 12 hours to get there do what they had to do and fly for another 12 hours to get back home again in planes that had the Armour stripped out that's if they were lucky enough to survive, Nower days the same trip can be done there and back in under 2 hours, Back then their Life expectancy was Only 3 Weeks and a lot of them kids never made it through the first day,,, Different times, So please don't go twisting what I said. [/QUOTE]
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