LULL IN AIR BLITZKRIEG.
“Why* has the terrific, terrible German air force stopped its attacks on Britain?” asked Mr A. G. Macdonell in his commentary' on the Daventrv news to-day referring to the lull in the air war over Britain. “Is. it because the E.A.F. has shot down hundreds of their planes, is it awaiting to deliver a tremendous blow, or is it* because they don’t know what to do? Mr Macdonell added that the lull was quite unexplainable, and with each lull the R.A.F. became stronger and stronger. As an instance of the spirit of British airmen he spoke of a Hurricane pilot who made a forced landing in the street of a town in England. With blood streaming down his fate he asked a colonel, who came rushing to his aid, for a taxi in order to reach an aerodrome, secure another plane, and continue the fight. “I have shot down three enemy planes and l want the opportunity to shoot down more, he added. That was the spirit of the It.A.F.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 226, 22 August 1940, Page 8
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174LULL IN AIR BLITZKRIEG. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 226, 22 August 1940, Page 8
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