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“THE DEADLIEST AIR FIGHTER THAT EVER LIVED”

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insignificant in the face of an attack by over a dozen enemy fighters.

Nevertheless, Barker’s experienced fighter instincts came into play as “a large formation of Fokkers… attacked him from all directions; and [he] was again severely wounded in the left thigh; but succeeded in driving two of the enemy into a spin.” With

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