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The attached photo was taken in April 1940, it was the norm at that time to wear ones parachute in readiness, but it was soon standard practice to leave parachutes in the cockpit or on the wing and hang helmets on the control column or the gunsight.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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