An imagined British exchange contrasts service initiative with leaving useful fighters in their crates. Mechanics begin opening and assembling the aircraft while an officer is still explaining that the factory will handle the work later. Their superior allows the work to continue and treats the mechanics as an extension of the factory. The joke criticizes a command culture that lets administrative arrangements postpone the use of available equipment; it is a hypothetical comparison, not a record of an actual assembly operation.
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Crated fighters and the value of service initiative
A humorous comparison with British mechanics challenges the lack of initiative over Norway's crated Curtiss fighters.