Training these days has a dash of spice. Mimic warfare, because it is mimic, always makes us as careless about "safety tactics", but now we have to be extra-earefui—not about the friendly "enemy", but because of the real enemy overhead. It is amusing at times, while careering about chas-Jing, or being chased by, the other side, to see all troops suddenly stop "shooting" each other up and vanish completely from sight on the appear= ance of a plane—any plane—and only continuing the "battle" when the umpires' whistles blow the "all clear." We are now very expert at making ourselves, and all our impedimenta, such as tivo-ton lorries and armoured carriers, absolutely invisible from the air. Jerry planes have passed over Us by the score, singly and in huge masses, but never once have they spotted us—"us" being battalions of Infantry plus scores of lorries and suchlike." Touch wood!
Which naturally brings me to the subject which is interesting the whole world—Jerry raids on England. We are at the end of one week of Goering's so-called Biltakrieg. Yesterday the RAAF. topped the century for the second time with a bag of 140, of which day more anon, Without exaggeration these raids wre a frost. Jerry comes over in crowds—hundreds at a time—is met by our aircraft as they cross the coast, chased by the Spitfires and Hurricanes all over the place, shot Up to blazes by tremendous barrages of A.A. fire, and such as are left are Glad to be out of it. The speed with which they disappear is amazing. One Tot of about 300 passed directly overhead one day, heading inland in temporarily mighty. formation, but before they had gone quite cut of sight they were all paci again—hell for leather, every man for himself—heading for home.
They drop bombs, of course, but never with much accuracy. 'They fare too harried for that. Most of the bombs are dropped in bunches, as they lighten their machines to make more speed, but most of these drop open country and do little damage beyond spoiling one or two cows' output of milk for the day.
They have caused damage, of course, but mainly to civilian' property in towns. These are no. accidents, can assure you, but do-Mberate foul play. But then, what can you expect of a German?' Read fon further, and perhaps your bloc might boil,
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