‘Bomber’ Harris Speaks
When Bomber Command held a reunion in London recently their war-time, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, G.C.8., 0.8. E., A.F.C., sent a message:— “To the men and women of Bomber Command, 1941-45:—My regards to the chairborne bombers whose work made the bomber offensive possible; my greetings to the ground staff who kept them flying, regardless of the miseries of wet and winter. My salaams to the instructors who kept their necks stuck out to lessen odds on other necks. . “But,' above all, my admiration to those, too few, survivors of our devoted aircrews who knocked the enemy flat on land and sea and out of the air—whose sons, it need be, will knock him flatter, after the longhaired gentry get through picking him up, dusting him off and kissing him better —yet once again. “Happy landings, even if the wheels are up. My respect and affection to you all. —• Bert.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 4
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