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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 1268.PDF
386 JUNE STH, 1941 spiritual elevation of a man's work renders him betterfitted for the job in hand. Certainly we have never met greater enthusiasm than was displayed at this station.Everyone thinks, talks, argues and positively oozes night fighting. To further this policy the authorities have, sofar as is possible, tried to remove the petty annoyances of service life. When a man comes down from a long flight, he is not expected to walk two miles to the mess. Trans- NIGHT INTERCEPTION NIGHT FIGHTINGPLAN: This near plan view of theBeaufighter empha- sises the wing shape,the streamline form of the fuselage and thcompletely retracted main landing wheels. port is waiting for himand so is a hot mual find a bath if he wants(.hem. Sleeping on into the day is encouraged,diets are carefully checked, and as muchleave as possible is granted. T h e CommandingOfficer of the station is very confident. Inci-dentally, he is a Group Captain with theD.S.O. and two bars. He was shot down overSt. Omer in the Battle of France last year andhas tasted the joys of a prisoners of war camp. The Germans will be sorry they;let him escape. Bristol Beaufighters, Hawker Hurricanes and BoultonPaul Defiants, all take their specialised share of the nightly operations. Patrols or individual machines may start aninterception over, say, Birmingham, and yet do the actual killing over the Continent. Long range is a necessity. Aquick manoeuvre on the part of the quarry means a further CLOSE UP : Seen from the front with the tail down, this photograph of the Beaufighter shows the excellent view enjoyed by the pilot over the pointed nose. The apertures outboard from the engines are for oil cooling, not armament.
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