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Old 22nd June 2005, 23:53
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Re: Youngest fighter ace ?

A young lad of 17 called Geoff Painting flew Spitfires in the RAF in WW2 . . .he was lost in 1941 when attacking shipping near, I think, a French coastal port. He lied about his age to join up, and is missing to this day.

What a great lad.

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