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1942 - 0917.PDF
APRIL 30TH, 1942 TER SQUADRON from which the guest hails. The fire place is, of course, of the usual open brickwork as fitted in all our dispersal huts and not the many-tiered, highly decorated, cast-iron structure so often found in the wooden houses of Nor way. On the walls are pictures of typical Norwegian scenery, so lovely and tranquil that it brings home to one just how wicked the Germans were ever to import death to its peaceful places. We asked if they had any grouses. No, there were no grouses. They were part of a nation at war. ^They were luckier than their people a . home because they had been sup plied with a very good weapon in the form of a Spitfire V and trained to use it. It was much harder for the people in Norway to keep up the fight. Our final question was, '' How do you get on with the English food? " Still struggling to be polite, they an swered with a sad smile, "Why do you always just boil everything? " (Right) Ever critical of their fellows, ground crews watch other machines get away at the sound of the alarm. FLIGHT 421 The Spitfires are in good " hands." A dive and zoom across the tarmac to show the paces of one of the few remaining eight-gun models. The fishing boat in which the CO. and 13 others escaped from Norway. In the dispersal hut. The silk Norwegian flag on the table is a treasured possession brought from the homeland.
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