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Re: Black USAAF navigators in WW2
From: David Pike
Date: 2023 Mar 29, 08:34 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2023 Mar 29, 08:34 -0700
Is that ten flights of 24 to 37 students per course, per school? Wow! In the UK in my time (late 60s), it was 12 courses of 12 students per year. The last RAF Navigator trained was Helena Phillips, one of a course of three students, who graduated on 19th February 2011. However, they didn't get the beloved Flying N badge. The RAF N badge was superseded in 2003 by the WSO (weapons Systems Officer) badge. DaveP