THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 11, 1940.
AIR FIGHT THAT
TRUE
CAME
"DARKNESS FILLED HIS EYES, BUT IN HIS MIND HE COULD STILL SEE THE FACE OF THE ENEMY GUNNER, RED, AND FOOLISHLY GRIM, AS HE FIRED FROM THE REAR COCKPIT OF THE FIGHTER.
“The wheel went limp in his hands, the strain of months of war, the nag of responsibility, lifted from his consciousness... 11
In those words John Llewelyn Rhys, R.A.F. pilot, described the death of an airman in the last short story he wrote -- published in the "Sunday Chronicle less than a month ago.
Last week. John Rhys crashed to his death an active service..
He went out.. in the same spirit as he had lived. In the same spirit in which he had written in- spiring storles of Britain's... air. heroes.
In John Llewelyn Rhys - his real name was Rees, but 'he adopted a different spelling as a pen name. → Britain has lost
one of her most brilliant young writers and a hero worthy
of his own pen.
:
England is My Village," his last
ENEMY
BRING SCRAP
German 'planes brought down by the R.A.F. are contributing valuable scrap to Great Britain's salvage campaign.
story, which appeared in the 'Sun- day Chronicle” on July 14, crented Already many tons of iron, brass -widespread interest throughouf the | atid aluminium have been recover- country. People recognised it ased from the raiders that have fal- a true picture of Rar, neroism len to our anti-aircraft guns and ...without false sentiment or fighters.
* "heroics."
Foretold Own Death
Llewelyn Rhys foretold his own death in this dramatic ending to the short story he wrote for the "Sunday Chronicle"
These metals have reached the factories and will soon be used against the enemy in the form of new aeroplanes, bombs, tanks and guns.
THE FATHERLY NAZI
An American travel- ler who arrived in Lis- bon from Paris said the French national defence posters had alf been torn down and, replaced by pic- tures of a German sol- dier carrying a baby in his arms. This bears the slogan,· · "The · Nazis are the chil-~ dren's friends.”
According to reports from Berlin, Gestapo reinforcements have been sent to Paris and neighbouring districts to help in rounding-up Austrian and German refugees.
1000000
Shattered
attack our shores. and broken," these hundreds of
·’planes are being tackled by men. who sort out the different metals „with sledge-hammer and blow-
pipe.
. First, the instruments are taken out. They are useless to us in their original form, but compon- ent parts can be built into new, instruments for our own 'planes.
Graveyard Of Nazi
Hopes
Every 'plane brought down is His vision cleared, and he pull-first examined by officers of the Machine-guns are useless, too, ed the aircraft level To his sur- Maintenance Command of the so they have to go on to the iron prise the fighters had vanished, R.A.F. They examine the angles scrap heap, ready for dumping and at his side was the squadron of bullet holes, because this gives into the blast-furnace. Leader's machine which he valuable information to our fighter Aluminium in German 'planes thought he had seen go down, pilots. They test the oil and is of a different type, from that They flew at a few hundred feet; petrol. They look for new in-used in our bombers and. fighters, over, the sleepy countryside. ; struments or constructional fea- but it is useful because it can be
melted down and used again. fures.
How famillar, he thought, How well I know.it all. Truely,
·England is 'my.village.
When he brought his 'plane in the airfield seemed strangely quiet, He went into the mess.
When Robert saw the other players he stopped in his stride.
There was Nails, who got his en-the-Grst show, and -Dick, who went down in flames, and Thistle, his Second Pilot, and Badger, who was lost in the North Sea in De- cember.
"Come on!" Badger said, "We're waiting for you."
"But I thought
"I thought
." Robert said.
Lived For Flying
One of Rees's most intimate friends told the "Sunday Chroni- cle":
"Rees was a typical pilot of the R.A.F. Charming, retiring, round- faced, boyish fresh-complexioned. He was 30 years old. He lived for flying and writing."
"Son of a clergyman at Arthog, in Merioneth, he joined the RAF seven years ago, and rose to the rank of flight-neutenant;
"About four years ago ho
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Then the 'planes are handed over to salvage experts for transformation into war material.
On. a. twenty-acre- site some- where in England nearly 200 men are hard at work every day break- ing up a constant stream of Ger- man bombers, and fighters.
In this graveyard of German hopes bullet-riddled wings are used to separate piles of piping. and tubing from piles of brass or aluminium. Every day these heaps are spreading over more and more and any
Each pile is 12ft. high and covers Here
In a mountainous pile from half an acre to an ache. But lie the grey-green and black there is still plenty of unused land bodies of machines that have waiting for the wreckage of more páld the penalty for daring to German 'planes.
HOME GUARD WIN 1s. TOLL BATTLE
FIRST ROUND IN THE Penarth-Cardiff toll- road battle has been won by the Home Guard. For the owners, the Marquess of Bute and the Earl of Plymouth, it was stated that until the end of the war Home Guard members on duty, wearing the of- ficial armlet, will allowed free passage through the gate.
The
fight opened when Mr.
tried his hand at writing, writ Frank Morgan, a. Home Guard LANCES FOR L.D.V.
Ing" about the things he · Know best the thrill and adventure ́of the air.
"Apart from many short stories, he wrote two novels with an air theme. The first was 'Flying Shadow. The second, The World Owes Me A Living, is likely to be-flimed shorty:
Just over a year ago, he mar vited Miss Jane Oliver, the novel-
Jst and short story writer."
METAL FROM ZEPPELIN
Some future Spitare may have
section leader, announced that he would prefer to go to prison rather than pay a fine of 10s. for refusing to pay the Is. toll.
taken later, Private, motorists at: A new step in the campaign was a meeting at Penarth decided to organise a public demonstration calling for the complete abolition of the toll for the duration.
To Save Petrol. Our only motive," Mr. Frank Weight of Penarth, said, "is to secure that time and petrol, which are so precious now, shall be saved as much as possible.
"Thousands of gallons of petrol
Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Moore, will ask the Secretary for War, Mr. Eden, if he will consider the de- mounted local defence volunteers. sirability of arming some of the with lances.
The lance has been an obsolete weapon for many years, although the "name" """lance" is 'retained for some of the cavalry regiments of the Line now light tank or motorised units and of Yeo- manry.
GERMANS TO GO HOME in its structure. pieces of two Zep-must be wasted every week by The 30,000 Germans living in pelins shot down, one at Potters motorists using the Leckwith road Lithuania, are to return to Ger- the "new põlitical Bar in 1816 and the other off the with its longer route and steep many when Norfolk coast in 1918. The pieces hill. Buses between Cardiff and order has been introduced in the Care among aluminium sent to Penarth have to pay 29. for every Baltic States and the harvest
Cardiff depot.
journey over the toll-road: Farcs completed," the official German are therefore · higher than they news agency. stated. should be."
BALLOON: DAMAGES
CHURCH
Mr. Frank Morgan is still deter- mined to go to prison rather than pay the fine, He said; - DEL
If it is within my power I shall A barrage balloon cable became not allow members, of the Home entangled in the pinnacle of a Guard to subscribe pennies, for the. church tower in a Midland town payment of the fine. The whole and brought it to the ground. Nothing is wrong, and I mean to see one was injured.
it through.'
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