The Flight-Lieutenant put his plan into a tight turn, and locked round for his other two bombers. He could see no sign c? them. The smile faded from his face. But no' he had to think about his own mi chine, his crew, himself He was in a jam, and he knew it He realized t the twelve enemy iving on him in six relay each, the one diving on his tail. a the other attacking from the fa Every time they came near enough. the game Blenheim gunners gave hem a burst "of fire.
After a few minutes the bomber' gunner got in a volle that spelt doom for one of Messerschmitts. It seemed to stagger, then pulled up and stalled, with smoke pouring from it in volumes. Then a jet of flame sprang from the fuselage, ran right along it, and the machine swirled over and over, enveloped in flame and smoke, to crash eventually into the sea, far below.
Now, Nazi airmen are mainly the product of the Hitler Youth Movement. Nazi pilets—as we all know full well—bave bombed harmless refugees, women and children, hospitals and non-military objectives. The loss of one of their number had a most disheartening effect on the remaining eleven Mésserschmitts. They sheered: off for a brief spell, watching the twelfth machine crash to its doom, thus giving the Blenheim time for a much-needed breather. But the high spirits of the bomber's crew never flagged for one moment.
"Jolly Good Fun"
"Jolly good fun—what!" The navigator summed up the situation in a high-pitched yell in the Flight-Lieutenant's tight ear. The pilot nodded and grinned. "Roll out the barrel—" he began to sing again. His voice trailed off. The Messerschmitt were buzzing around again like a swarm of hornets. Two of them
chine, cne diving on its tail roared to attack the Briti: sweeping the port side with machinegun fire.
'But the pilot of the Nazi plane diving from the rear misjudged his distance, skimmed past the tail of the bomber, and pulled up just in front of it' As the Messerschmitt cathe into focus, the Blenheim's front gunner pressed his control button. The resalfant burst of fire caught the German plane fairly and squarely. If gave a shudder, turned over on-its back, and went down in a slow spital dive.
But ten other Messerschmifts re-mined, and, although they drew off again. their ardour considerably damped by the loss of another machine, they were still in overwhelming superiority, and a force to be reckoned with. Deciding that this was one of those moments in life when: "discretion is the better part of valour," the Blenheim's pilot put his machine into a steep power dive t Indian Troops it to Indian troops "somewhere in was a surprise one, gave great is shown shaking hands with one Opening of Burma Road Urged London, Sept. 15.
The China Campaign Committee has sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, giving an interim report on their national resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional reopening of the Burma Road.
It is stated that although the campaign for the resolution has been running only 15 days, it already has the support of nearly 300,000 people.—Reuter.
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