An epic story of the first reconnaissauce flight over southern Germany carried out by the Royal Air Force under icy conditions on the night of October 27, was told to Reuter's Special Correspondent in an interview with some of the fliers on their arvival home. The flight lasted several hours, Almost as soon as the aeroplanes crossed the frontier, they ran into blanket of fog and snow. The cold was so intense that some of the crews came sick, and all of them were num bed almost senseless. Ice formed on the wings, and the control wires hac to be yanked free with stiffened fingers ey few minutes. The temperature was at one veri; d 30 degrees below zero. The ice was six inches hick, and the men's o; eath froze all aircraft reached their objectives ano completed their mission, apart from one machine which was forced to turn back shortly after crossing the frontier.—Reuter.
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