BEASTLY NUISANCE
“I always knew the British fliers i were tough babies But 1 never 1 fully realised quite how tough they were until the other afternoon, when 1 was out on a British aerodrome. There was | a low. overcast sky. A plane broke through the clouds. The British anti- : aircraft artillery went after it hammer and tongs. It was clear to me that it was a British Spitfire, but it was not clear to them. They shot at it with machinei guns until it was on the ground, and continued shooting as it taxied up. The plane taxied up to the line and a 19-year-old kid got out of the cockpit, walked over to the artillery commander. and said. ‘I say, my good felldw, if this sort of thing continues. I shall have to report you.’ ” —(Related in the U.S. “Army and Navy Journal” as coming from the U.S. military observer in i Britain). J
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 12 February 1941, Page 6
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156BEASTLY NUISANCE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 12 February 1941, Page 6
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