BRITISH PLANE ONE UP
Lord Mountbatten had been assigned an Avrc York for the transport of himself and staff. He sent it on a hop from Ceylon to Perth, partly to run the engines in and partly to send certain despatches. About that time some Americans dropped in at Perth with a C 54 on their way to Ceylon. "Not yet,” said the R.A.F. boys, when asked when they were leaving. The Americans, tired cf waiting, took off. As soon as they were out of sight the R.A.F. then took the covers off the York and went after them. Neither aircraft saw the other on the flight, but the York got to Ceylon first. They covered the York and took cover in the mess for a few drinks. After some time the C 54 dropped in and the Americans remarked that there must be a lot of these Yorks about. They, too, went into the mess to be greeted by a languid English voice, “Oh. hullo, where have you fellows been? You must have gone a jolly long way round.’' —Melbourne “Argus.'*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 14 April 1945, Page 7
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