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"Shorty" Keough (or Keogh) was an American who fought in the Battle of Britain. Only 4'10" tall, he was the shortest pilot to fly for the RAF and required several inflatable cushions under his parachute to see over the cowling of his Hurricane.

Regardless of the person's size, in other words, pilots still have to sit at a relatively uniform height in the cockpit, which, compared to photographs, seems to be too low in Cliffs of Dover.