What was the role of the Duty Pilot when so assigned on a Fighter Squadron during WW2?
On what basis were Duty Pilots so assigned?
My father a Sgt.Pilot was Duty Pilot with 234 squadron when 'sent up' on his own to join the rest of his flight who had got involved in a scrap with some Me109's. In my research about about aspects of life on the squadron, an ex 'erk' mechanic remembers Flying Officer 'Bertie' Wootten (later Air Commodore) having a close escape from a German bombing raid when he was Duty Pilot at RAF Warmwell in the spring of 1941.
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John Martin
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Duty Pilots - Fighter Squadrons WW2
Re: Duty Pilots - Fighter Squadrons WW2
Duty pilots stood by to take of quickly while other members ate and did what they had do, so they would be near the aircraft but not sitting in them