SKYWAR: FL/LT PAT HUGHES - UP CLOSE AND DANGEROUS

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Meet Pat Hughes, Australia’s top-scoring Battle of Britain Spitfire ace. He’s 22, gets the girl, gets the dog, and believes in getting in close and doing something dangerous.

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