BOMBERS’ EXPERIENCE
The unexpected thrills incidental to air raiding over enemy country are described by Sergeant Alan Campbell, Ilawera, in . a letter to his parents relating an experience when he went with his Royal Air Force squadron to raid the docks at Brest. “We were circling round at 100 feet for an hour.’’ lie writes. “When we did go in over the harbour we had ‘flak’ and search lights in front and on both sides of us. The captain was going to divebomb. 1 had the guns ready for the searchlight, we were so low. Suddenly we went straight into a dive, nearly pulled out, then dropped like a stone again.x When we did pull out we were 100 feet off the water When we found it was not a dream we had a roll call. I thought the captain was dive-bombing, but it. seemed ‘flak' lifted the tail and we went straight into that dive. The second pilot was thrown down the bomb hatch and when he camo to he grabbed the stick, and the captain had to beat his hands off. The captain said we turned over and went straight down again after nearly pulling out. It shook us all up I was hoping that we would go in again, but we just went above the clouds and dropped bombs on the docks.”
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 70, 25 April 1941, Page 3
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225BOMBERS’ EXPERIENCE Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 70, 25 April 1941, Page 3
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