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	Comments on: Mary Pickford (in the white suit) entertains young Royal Air Force students at Pickfair, Beverly Hills, 1944	</title>
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		By: Martin Turnbull		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Turnbull]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://martinturnbull.com/2019/08/28/mary-pickford-in-the-white-suit-entertains-young-royal-air-force-students-at-pickfair-beverly-hills-1944/#comment-396855&quot;&gt;Gail Lofdahl&lt;/a&gt;.

Thank you for all that, Gail. All of that makes perfect sense.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2019/08/28/mary-pickford-in-the-white-suit-entertains-young-royal-air-force-students-at-pickfair-beverly-hills-1944/#comment-396855">Gail Lofdahl</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for all that, Gail. All of that makes perfect sense.</p>
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		By: Gail Lofdahl		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gail Lofdahl]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[During WWII, there were four civilian flying schools in Southern California contracted to US and foreign militaries to provide flight training for military cadets. They were operated by Cal-Aero Flight Academy, headquartered at Glendale&#039;s Grand Central Air Terminal. 
Those at the Polaris Academy at War Eagle Field in Lancaster were primarily British. Not only was the weather better for training in SoCal, there wasn&#039;t a war going on (the Battle of Britain) and fuel was more readily available. And that explains what British cadets were doing in Mary Pickford&#039;s swimming pool.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During WWII, there were four civilian flying schools in Southern California contracted to US and foreign militaries to provide flight training for military cadets. They were operated by Cal-Aero Flight Academy, headquartered at Glendale&#8217;s Grand Central Air Terminal.<br />
Those at the Polaris Academy at War Eagle Field in Lancaster were primarily British. Not only was the weather better for training in SoCal, there wasn&#8217;t a war going on (the Battle of Britain) and fuel was more readily available. And that explains what British cadets were doing in Mary Pickford&#8217;s swimming pool.</p>
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