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Print ISBN: 978 1 84908 779 7
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Page layout by Mark Holt
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DEDICATION
To the memory of Flight Lieutenant Andrew Smith, No.47 Squadron.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author is indebted to John Hooper and Tim Storrar.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
All the images in this title come from the collections of the Royal Air Force Museum London, situated on the site of the original London Aerodrome in Hendon. Five mammoth buildings contain over a hundred aircraft, artefacts, aviation memorabilia, fine art and photographs covering the history of aviation from early balloon flights to the latest jet fighters.
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