SAFETY FIRST AIR RAIDS.
The pilot of one of our “leaflet” ’planes reported back at headquarters two hours before he wais due. His astonished C.O. asked for an explanation. “Well, sir,” the young officer replied, “® flew over enemy territory as instructed, and tipped out the parcels over the side.” “Do you mean you threw them out still roped up in bundles?” said the C.O. in an anxious voice. “Yes, sir.” [“Good God, man, you might have killed somebody!”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4219, 4 December 1939, Page 2
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