An epic story of the first reconnaissauce "light over southern Germany arried out by the Royal Air Force lurider icy conditions on the night of October 27, was told to Reuter's Spe-lal Correspondent in an_ interview With some of the tiers on their ar-Fival home, The ight lasted several hours.
"Almost as soon as the aeroplanes crossed the frontier, they ran into a blanket of fof and show, The cold was 40 Intense that some of the crews befame sick, and all of them were numbed almost senseless, Tee formed on the wings, and the control wires had to. be yanked free with stiffened fingers every fow minutes. The temperature was at one period 20 degrees Below zero. The ice was six. inches thick, and the mer their' goxales. craft Teached their objectives and completed their mission, apart. from tone machine which was forced. to turn back shortly after crossing the frontier-Reuter.
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