The outcome of the terrible battle in north-western Franco will largely depend upon the-French and British assault pilots, who are throwing all caution tothe winds and who {nto battle with a fierce determina-that surpasses anything seen in the past annals of rial warfare.
Following is a first-hand account of a Captain among the assault pilots who returned from one of their perilous missions last night.
"We hopped off at 730 am. yesterday morning." the Captain' said, "The orders, which arrived at night, were definite.
"The objective and zone to be flown over were clearly "Three patrols, totalling nine planes, few off in a northerly direction following three great highways, We ooked from our maps to our chrono-
We stepped on the gas and lung Ielres. The objective was in, sight toward the road. There below us was Tong column of men, trucks and tanks.
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