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According to those who knew him, Sidney Cotton had only three real interests: flying, money, and women. What decidedly did not interest him was following rules. In the First World War he repeatedly clashed with his commanders in the Royal Flying Corps until forced to resign his commission in 1917. Over the next several decades …
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