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Night fighter interception over the North Sea
As we came out of the turn, the pressure eased, and I could see that we had the other aircraft cold. John's handling of the Beaufighter had clinched that.Oosing head-on at nearly seven miles a minute...
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Churchill – the power of the English speaking peoples
Would it be presumptuous for me to say that it symbolizes something even more majestic, namely, the marshalling of the good forces of the world against the evil forces which are now so formidable and...
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The Spitsbergen Raid
Spitzbergen was being occupied. I listened uncomprehendingly to my English-speaking countrymen who were now chatting with the newcomers. I watched, wondering, until Marie suddenly said that she was...
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Attack on a Ju 88 over the Irish Sea
The moment of action came. He was to port of me. A rapid turn in that direction, followed by a steep diving turn to starboard and I found myself in a dead straight vertical dive upon the Boche. The...
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Coastal Command aircraft captures U-Boat
At 1050 the captain decided to surface again and brought the U-Boat up from a depth of approximately 90 ft. What happened next can only be attributed to the lack of training of the Commander. Rahmlow...
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Training in the jungles of Malaya
In this hodge-podge of nature gone slightly mad, where the British and Japanese will one day fight, it is dank and steaming, all right - nearly asphyxiating. Hardly a whisper of air, and there's the...
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Dogfight over the Libyan desert
In the first attack Caldwell suffered bullet wounds to the back, left shoulder, and leg. In the next pass one shot slammed through the canopy, causing splinters which wounded him with perspex in the...
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Optimism over RAF Bomber Offensive
For the last three months our bombing offensive has been mainly directed against transportation and morale in Western Germany. Some of the most important objectives in the system of communications...
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German treatment of Soviet POWs
But these were not animals, they were men. We made haste out of the way of the foul cloud which surrounded them, then what we saw transfixed us where we stood, and we forgot our nausea. Were these...
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An airman’s first and last operational flight
During the early morning of the 30th of September 1941 the crew were well into their return leg of the flight and was more or less on course for their home base at Topcliffe. They crossed the Yorkshire...
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