GOOD VIEW OF AIR BATTLES
“When you are out in the open where we are you have a dress-circle seat at one of the most wonderful shows in the world,” writes a member of the Second Echelon from England. “It is customary to see overhead practically every day squadrons of aeroplanes, our own and Fritz’s, j There was a scrap up above us today and a<Heinkel was brought down I not far away. I saw the Spitfire ■ which got him do the victory roll after the show. They always do this roll after finishing off a German aeroplane if not too hard pressed. We are now averaging about 90 German aeroplanes a day, as against 15 of ours. It sounds too good to be true, but it is about right. The Germans have to fight better aeroplanes and better men. All of ours are seeded pilots while the Germans are mostly kids of 16 and 17 years of age. : I have actually seen German pilots bale out before their aeroplanes are hit.”
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 28, 8 November 1940, Page 3
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