The work of RAF wartime ground crew tends to be barely mentioned in aviation literature. This book highlightes the duties of a typical airman in support of Fighter Command squadrons based at Biggin Hill. The author's late grandfather, David Raymond Davies, was assigned to a specialist armourers' team which eventually solved problems associated with the often temperamental 20mm cannon - his recorded oral reminiscences forming the core of this excellent book. In his armourer capacity, Davies, had close association with such notable pilots as Don Kingaby, Brian Kingcome and Bob Stanford-Tuck, to name but a few. Despite rank and the social divisions of the time, pilots and the 'erks' who looked after them saw themselves as comrades in arms and this comes through very well in the story.
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机译：皇家空军战时地勤人员的工作在航空文献中很少被提及。这本书着重介绍了一名典型的飞行员在比奇金山（Biggin Hill）的战斗机司令部中队中的职责。作者的已故祖父戴维·雷蒙德·戴维斯（David Raymond Davies）被分配到一个专业的装甲兵小组，该小组最终解决了通常具有气质的20mm加农炮的问题-他记录下来的口头回忆构成了这本出色著作的核心。戴维斯（Davies）以装甲兵身份与唐·金格比（Don Kingaby），布莱恩·金科姆（Brian Kingcome）和鲍勃·斯坦福·塔克（Bob Stanford-Tuck）等著名飞行员有着密切的联系。尽管当时处于等级和社会分化状态，但是飞行员和照顾他们的“ erks”将自己视为武装同志，这在故事中是很不错的。
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