At (censored) literally hundreds of German planes would come over and be attacked and turned back by our marvellous men, One would watch the fight take place miles up and then see the trail of Huns turn back. t by "never had so many owed šo much to so few." Our young gardener, who is 20, volunteered and was stationed at (.) where the: have a very bad time. He has been guarding an aerodrome h is being attacked all the time. toid me he marvelled at the way our pilots would come down to refuel and step out as coolly as anythi..g while they were being bombed and machine-gunned all the time. Truly no Greek god excelled them.
Eric has had a house job at St. Thomas's for the last six months and was there for the first two months of the blitzkrieg. St. Thomas's had a terrible time aid has been repeatedly bombed. There have been a lot of casualties amongst the nursing staff and the A.R.P. workers. One of the first attacks demolished ti nurses' quarters and Eric's room w completely smashed; luckily he w on duty elsewhere that lit. All patients, except emergencies in the basement had been sent to the c try after Dunkirk, but those left had no water, gas. light or medicines and lived completely the basement i. two tiny wards h one X-Ray. There were no windows. so you can realize how cold it was. Soon he is being sent to Broadwood for a rest and is expecting to join the R.A.M.C. soon.
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