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February 15, 1940.
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THE LION HAS WINGS-the Epic Film Story of the R.A.F.
WITH a fierce rour the Spitfires swooped to the at- tack, even as the Nazi ob- server saw their approach. and muttered fiercely to his pilot.
The Spitfires dispersed for the attack and suddenly the skies became alive with the noise of battle..
"Crack
crack
crack
A rain of machine-gun bullets shriek- ed around the Nazi flotilla. A leaden hell snarled around the planes as, diving and swooping, Bobby and his team stabbed viciously at the invaders..
Like giant, graceful birds the Spitfires screamed through the air, never letting up on their re- lentless peppering..
The Nazi pilots' lips tight- ened. This was a warmer re- ception than they had expected.
With a gronn, one of them let go his controls as a bullet bit viciously into his hand. He dragged his glove off with his teeth and glanced ruefully at his hand.
Hastily the navigator began, to bind up his pilot's wound, yet they never relaxed their vigi. lance. They dare not. The Spitfires were rushing into the attack again.
With a miraculous burst of speed Dopey put his plane into a dive. Down it hurtled like an A rain avenging thunderbolt. of bullets found its mark and the Nazi pilot collapsed, chok- ing, oter his controla.
By Ian Dalrymple
RAID OVER
ENGLAND
The Central Control Room of the R.A.F. Command, where orders are issued
for our fighters to take off.
LONDON
Two of our aircraft Should we proceed
Moving steadily ncross theness of the aerodrome the men of hending east. dark skies came a new fight of the ground staff got busy.
forced to land. Nuzi bombers, and in that instani Re-fuelling, re-stocking with am-with action?" Over to you." the anti-aircraft guns and search munition, hasty repairing of minor lights took up the hunt.
damages. All was done with as much speed and efficiency as if it Restlessly the searchlights roved had been broad daylight. the skies, scouring the blackness for the prey. Into the beam of light Anshed a Nazi plane.
"You've got him, Charlie," snap- ped one of the men on the search Unsteadily the bomber lurch-lights. "Old "'im, 'old 'im, Charlie." ed and heeled over, as the the beseeched. navigator grasped the controls and sought to get the plane back to control.
Bobby's ship. "Crack-crack-
The officer in charge of the A‚»A. guna rapped out an order.
"No. 1 Gun-Fire!" The gun Away swooped Dopcy's plane, ariaried and in rapid succession
flashed and Into the breach
others boomed out. Striving des perately to escape from the relent- crack. With a groan the Gerless searchlight the Nazi bomber man navigator collapsed and the dived and twisted, while gunfire Nazi bomber fell through the air burst around his tail. like a plummet, smoke spewing from its tail.
a dive
Again and again the A.-A, gun spoke and then the Nazl bomber! Flames bursting from the burst into flame, lighting the skies fuselage, the bomber fell into a around. Down, down, down...
crashed lurching and falling into sickening apin and down, a ball of fiery wreckage. from which there would be no re- Bobby grinned and flashed his turn. plane round to engage yet an- other of the attackers.
The drone of B. Flight could be heard as it rushed towards the Nazle.
"Better warn the A.-A. people AGILE as quicksilver the before our Fighters cop it from the the Group con- Spitfires danced round the Nazi guns," ordered bombers. Still that stream of troller. accurate shooting continued.
The order was flashed by tele- Bullet-holes appeared on the phono. "Cease fire! Cease fire!" Nazi Swastika that decorated "Thoy would," cursed an A.-A. the plane.. Twenty, thirty bul-gunner to his mate. "Yes" he re- lela plunged into it. Suddenly, plled, "the blinkin R.A.F. swipes with a tremendous explosion, the all the fun!" engine burst. The plane's crew hadn't a chance, and one more Nazi bomber dropped, flaming. to the ground,
Six Spitfire fighters cut across the sky. Inside a Nazi bomber the pilot saw three of the planes tear- ing towards him and his eyca nar- rowed uneasily. From the other "Cornflower Red calling Sta-side finshed two more Spitfires. tion Control," rapped out Bobby,
Like the crack, of a whip the)
"Have brought down two ban-machine-guns spoke. A hurricane of
Remainder proceeding East. May I continue action? bullets spat around the Nazi.
dits.
One flashed through the cockpit "Cornflower Red" replied screen and struck the pilot, ilc Richardson. "Good work, carry clapped his hand to his wound and on!" He put down the micro-fell, fainting, from his controls. phone. "Two, not so dusty," he Out of control, his plane went dizzily into Sk leath-spin, thick remarked.
smoke belching from ita inll..
Headed due east the Cornflower Red planes set off. They had driven back one attack, but there was still work to be done, harry.
RALPH RICHARDSON ran
ing the Nazi bombers in their his hands wearily through his
flight.
1...
hair. "The worst part of our
But another rald had yet to be job is waiting," he remarked.
niet.
"Yes," ropiled his clerk. He "B. Filght take off. Raid No. 2,′′ looked at his watch. "A Flight ordered Richardson. The nervous ebould be back soon." tension of the walting pllate was shed like an overcoat. They leaped into their waiting planes,
Down in the flying field the planes of A. Flight were descend- ing. In the ghostly shrouded black-
High above one of the pilots of Flight B. was talking into his microphone.
"They've been up half an hour. They must be getting short of petrol." said someone. Richardson picked up his micro- phone. "Cornflower Blue. Corn- Hower Blue. Discontinue action
and return."
"Cornflower Blue calling... Cornflower Blue calling. Two an As he replaced his mike he turned "Any dits down. Remaining two have to find Bobby at his elbow. entered clouds_over_sca...and...are{luck?".he inquired..
+
"No mure, sir. The gang ran oul," replied Bobby.
"You did very well. Get your craft available and rest."
"They're working on them now, BİT. We'll be ready in twenty minutes time." He naused, "You'll send up my fight again, sir?"
"I said rest! snapped Richard- son. Bobby seemed reluctant, to leave. "Very well, sir." he said. with a reluctant grimace:
"Cheeky young devil," murmured Bil Richardson as he strode out. he said it with a half-grin,
Richardson turned to his work. The Nazis were on the run thut night, but danger was not yet over. by any means. The station dare not reinx.
M
M BRITAIN is.on guard. Our defences are facing the first real test since the R.A.F. struck a blow at the Kiel Canal which reverberated round the world.
The first warning of pending danger had been given to our Air Defence by Britain's under-
cover men,
From that moment, vigilance had been doubled. Our Obser. vation Corps were alert for the farrival of the invaders.
The Commander-in-Chief nt Fighter Control spoke curtly into the phone. "Southern Group? A raid is entering your area. Deal with it,"
The phone operator at Southern Control raised his eyebrows. "Raid? Yes, sir. They're coming into the balloon barrage."
He put down the receiver and turned to the man on his right. "It looks as if there's "oing to be some excitement," he said, with a smile.
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