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He was offered the job at the famous Bletchley Park code-breaking centre, but for reasons unknown, turned it and its £50,000 ($94,000) salary down.

I find it hard to believe that in that era, he would have been offered so much money. A Spitfire in 1940 had a production cost of about $25,000. A P-51 mustang had a production cost of about $50,000.

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I find it hard to believe that in that era, he would have been offered so much money.

I have to agree. $94k in 1940 would be worth over $1 Million in today's dollars. FDR as president only made $75,000 a year then.