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Show R.A.F. Fledglings Train Here i This is John Staples of London. He is one of a hundred British hoys being be-ing jasltioned into pilots for the Royal Air Force at the Lakeland school oj aeronautics. There are some 550 such students in the V. S. altogether, all of whom are getting expert training far from the bomb-rocked airdromes of the homeland. Staples is typical of these shy fighters whose average age is 23. Air cadet Staples was given this Uncle Sam bunny mascot by Florida admirers. Qy ' J j Young Britons who came to America because they ivanted wings to fly and fight with the Royal Air Force are shown marching march-ing back to the hangars after an instruction flight. Over in the bornb-cratered homeland they call it "tonic," but they like the pop they get in the canteen at the Lakeland school better than the home product. !' 1 vmKm iimiiiiuji! mubwuyiHWii Wit$S$9 f'WWWy-M ) Yh x ymiet s f Above: This is the cadets' first introduction introduc-tion to watermelon. Bdlie Jones, an expert, suh, is shouing the Britons the proper tech- i nique in disposing of Horida watermelon. Left: Students who are being fashioned into in-to sky fighters for the R. A. F. take time out for plav. Cricket is tops with them. Marching to the mess hall for breahjtut. |