as you say, she served during the war. she would have seen these spitfires going overhead. indeed she did, and she told the story of a spitfire saving her life as a medical student in aberdeen, which was a fascinating story about how she was scared by a german aircraft, turned around and saw a spitfire chasing it away. that was in the early stages of the war. the battle of britain proved a turning point in the war. around 1,000 raf planes were shot down during the four month conflict. germany suffered nearly twice as many losses, but the margin of victory was narrow. the eight guns on the spitfires and hurricanes were onlyjust enough to win the battle. it s amazing that history hangs on so fine thread, isn t it? if she hadn t been asked to help and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what would have happened? it was difficult for them at the time, the people developing the aircraft and the guns, to actually work out
and her crucial role in the design of the famous spitfire and hurricane fighter planes in the run up to the battle of britain. it s a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonderful. it fitted you like a glove, you see, that s what i liked about it. without victory in the battle of britain, i think it s almost certain that we would have been invaded by germany. it was a darn close run thing. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn t know until now was the role that a 13 year old girl played in its design. hazel‘s role, like so many others, has hitherto been untold. i think we can look back and be extremely grateful for the contribution she made.
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girl at your kitchen table, you can change the world. so they ve got the fabric over the gun ports, really nice and neatly. and before they went into action, they used to just fire a couple of rounds to clear the fabric. hazel told her sons about her role when they were growing up. so, mum s calculations. ..and they ve long been fascinated by these planes. it was only after this work was presented that the change was made, and that s why my mother had to work so hard into the night, because there was only a small window of opportunity. i mean, the thing could have gone into production if they d spent months doing this, so it had to be done in weeks. what was it like for you as you unravelled the story? we thought this can t be true. it s crazy. it seemed crazy that a 13 year old should be assisting the raf in working out how it should arm its fighters for the next war. you just think this can t be right!