Harry Apiafi
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My Childhood was traumatic, sad and stressful
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Careerwise I was going nowhere
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Once there was a dormitory with 60 other people
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There’s only one job to be and that’s a pilot
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I did no planning, no preparation
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It’s hot and dusty and dangerous
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That one word changed completely how people would look at me therafter.
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I joined the 35 Squadron and there wasn’t a single other person my colour
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It provided you with a place to live, it provided you with food and clothing.
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I was one of the few that was smiling.
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It was unlikely I would have survived
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I got selected to play for the Royal Air Force
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The third day is when I had a massive stroke of luck
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All evening and most of the morning I’d do my work
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I failed it 13 times
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For the first time in my life I had touched an actual airplane
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I was just a mechanic a short while ago.
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I went from being the lowest person on base to the following weekend being an officer cadet
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