On the night of March 10 a Brit bomber over Germany was attacked by four fighters, at once there was a general Méleé and one of the enemy was hit while another was seen to climb vertically, stall and crash to the ground.
Over Cologne a few nights earlier the enemy took advantage of the clear weather and sent up many fighters to protect the town, There was a num: ber of inconclusive encounters during which severa] Messerschmitts gave up the unequal struggle. But the crew of one of our bombers, after the rear gunner had opened fire at about 150 yards, saw a two-engined fighter burst into flames—the enemy was held at this moment by one of his own searchlights—and disappear below.
moment on the way across British bombers may encounter a wall of searchlights put up to guide the fighters. When this h Toughness and Endurance
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