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Re: Friction in 118 Squadron?
Hi
the book on Freeborn by Bob Cossey also notes the replacement of the 2 flight commanders in 118 due to Freeborn being unhappy with them and as Chris Goss states both were actually very successful pilots. It appears that Freeborn was quite a prickly character and managed to fall out with a lot of people - "Sailor"Malan ,H.M.Stephen , Bob Spurdle and "Prosser"Hanks to name but a few ! Also some people like to sweep with a new broom when they take over so I suppose that 2 experienced popular flight commanderswould constitute a possible threat and thats why they had to be moved on - generally it seems John Freeborn had a bad word for nearly everybody.
Bruce Lander
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