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T-33 Jet
Mr. Peters describes how easily he mastered the T-33 jet, and receiving the school’s top two awards for flying excellence.
Instrument Flying
Mr. Peters gives a detailed account of training for instrument only flying, and how those skills suited Canada’s air role in NATO.
Mastering the Harvard
Mr. Peters describes his difficulties flying a Harvard, overcoming those roadblocks, and moving on to the T-33 jet trainer.
First Solo
Mr. Peters describes his first solo (in a Chipmunk), the elation of safely landing and the ritual he shares with his fellow pilots afterwards.
Attrition
Mr. Peters compares the high level of attrition during his era of training to that of the present day Air Force.
Pilot Training Selection
Mr. Peters describes the level of testing he experienced before being selected for pilot training.
Evasion Tactics
Mr. Campbell describes his techniques for evading danger immediately after dropping bombs on heavily defended targets.
Diversion Raids
Mr. Campbell describes the Allied tactic of faking raids against German assets in coastal France, which forced the enemy to scramble its aircraft, thus expending its limited resources for no reason.
Coning and Night Fighters
Mr. Campbell describes the German tactic of coning, illuminating enemy aircraft with powerful search lights so they could be attacked, and what German pilots did if coned by their own lights.
Problems in the Bombing Stream
Mr. Campbell describes how missing your bomb drop meant exiting and re-entering the bomber stream for a second try, and how dangerous this could be.
Bombing and Gunnery Training
Mr. Campbell describes bombing practice and adjudication, and air gunnery practice against drogues, towed aerial targets.
Photographic Evidence
Mr. Campbell discusses the practise of photographing bomb drops over enemy targets, and how the danger from adjacent aircraft was often evident in the photos.
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