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HOW IT FEELS TO JUMP TURKS
THREE
JATURDAY was not such
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a successful day from my point of view, as on our third patrol, I lost my aircraft.
We were at about 21.000ft. when we got involved with a squadron of Messerschmitt 109's. They got me even be- fore I saw them, which was very annoying.
I first felt a curious sort of bump, and as I turned to see what was up my controls feli funny: a lot of red sparks and black amoke appeared around my feet, and a cloud of white smoke-probably glycol-be- gan streaming back from the engine.
The aircraft began going downhill fast. I slid back the hood and began to get out; my goggles were whipped off, and my helmet began to lift up in the slip stream.
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I realised I had not undone my straps, so I pulled out the. retaining pin and stood up, standing on anything which came handy (the seat, the in- strument panel, or the stick, I don't really know). The air seized hold of me, and there was a wrench as my oxygen tube snapped off (1 had for- gotten to undo it), and I shot out into the sky.
The aeroplane disappeared.
It was nice and cool falling. I was head down, of course, but found the position quite comfortable. There was no sense of speel, or any feeling of falling.
I had a look at the clouds below me (they were at about
MILES
BY THE PILOT OF A SHOT-DOWN HURRICANE
HOW
ITOW it feels to jump Ifrom a blazing fighter plane three miles up is described here in a letter from a Hurricane pilot who had to bale out-Fly. ing Officer Ralph Hope, a nephew of the late Mr Neville Chamberlain.
4,000-5,000ft), and then col- lected the odd bits of my hel met and had a look round...
My parachute was still un my seat. Both my boots were 'on, and I didn't seem to have lost anything except my gog. glés, a handkerchief and map. They must have fallen out of the pockets in my knees when 1 first went upside down.
After a while I thought about pulling the rip-cord.
I seemed to have fallen à goodish way, so I pulled. The canopy streamed out, there was a hard jerk, and there I was right side up, quite com- fortable, and floating slowly- ch, so slowly-earthwards.
I was at about 9,000ft. to 10,000ft, then, so I had fallen for about 8,000ft.-9,000ft. (from about 18,000ft.), and might. have fallen farther with advantage.
When I looked up. I could see the shining white canopy above me, and little sliver specks having no end of a dog fight in the
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down pasi me with a high-pitched By FRANK O'BRIEN
whine, but that was the only dis- turbance.
The parachute began to swing me about and it was not long be- foretelt alck-very sick, in fact, by the time I landed.
It was fun going into the clouds na the sun played a sort of "spectre of the brocken" effect on my shadow as I approached them. When I emerged, the countryside locked pleasantly open, and after drifting quite a way I thought i saw where I should land,
Two farm hands had the sume Iden. We were bll
wrong. In spite of attempts on
my part to avoid it. I came down in a spinney of young oak trees, pulling up short about 20ft. from the ground, hang- Ing is my harness.
I managed to get hold of a trunk, pull myself over to It, get out of the parachute harness, and climb to the ground, where 1 remained quite still until I was found,
The Army soon took charge of ine, gave me a drink and some lunch, and drove me back to my base.
The only damage I sustained was a hefty bruise on my right shoulder from hitting the tail as I jumped, and a bruise on my leg and a torn trouser from the somewhat ceremonious descent through upper branches of the oak.
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Now I go. about with my arm In
a alla, feeling particularly good as I have been given a week's slek leave.
ON
Nhis first patrol, after return-- ing to duty, Flying Officer Hope teas killed-lie stayed too long in his crippled Hurricane, he stayed long enough to make sure the machine would not crash on buildings, but too long to enable him to jump to safety.
His father's photograph is now one. of the cherished records of his unit, No, 605 (County of Warwick Auri- Hary) Squadron of the R.A.F. Fighter Command.
I'M
G
ISTANBUL. NERMANY'S big problem of the moment is to keep Turkey out of the war.
To succeed in this, she must forfeit some of her aims in the Balkans.. Hitler musi restrain his desire to march through Bulgaria to help his ally Mussolini in the campaign against Greece.
For Turkey has given R categorical assurance that any nlove froin Bulgaria into Greece means that Turkey unters the war against the Axis.
I have been told that "mca- sures of the utmost import- ance will be taken by Turkey in the near future."
This statement was not made by extremists, but by responsible people in legisla- tive circles here.
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No Mobilisation
The same Bources added that this should not be taken as meaning a declaration of
war.
Turkey, to-day, is complete- ly prepared for war in every respect. But general mobili- sation is considered as unlike- ly for the present.
Looking at the general Bal- kan situation from here, it seems reasonable to assume that Germany will avoid a direct move through Bulgaria unless forced to it by a com- plete Italian failure.
Yet there are many com- petent observers who take the view that continued Greek re- sistance will force. Hitler to. act,
FAMILY
TUBES IS
TO
a fairly equable person. I think, but twice recently I had moments when I could have cheer- fully slain two of my fellow women. Mothers, too, they were. The first time was when, with another journalist, I was
making a tour of the London
tubes to report on conditions there. A
with woman
pallid a tired-eyed, little boy said: "Oh. If only
they'd have compulsory evacuation. Hin brother is in the country and quite happy, but his father and T feel we want this one with us for company. We know we anght_to" send him, and if we had no choice we should have our minda made
us, shouldn't we?" for
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I thought of the mathers who had set their teeth and sent their children off on the long journey overseas to safety. And I made no reply, though I should have liked to.
Weary Mite
The second time was when I was travelling by tube through London in the early evening on my way back from the country. I nearly fell over n bored, weary, unhappy mile of five who, with no toys to divert her mind, was 0- geting and grizzling.
Her mother looking up from a
ne, adininistered a hearty
to the child and went back to reading,
By sheer luck, I had a rag book and come toys in my bag.
They had been intended for a depot in London, but the book, and a fascinating elephant that waggled its hend when you pushed it, were left with the baby, who promptly subsided in a passion of interest.
In 'The Baskat
For the most part, the familles who tako shelter on platforms every night nrø Bonsibly and cleverly adapting themselves to conditions
Small chlidren, and older ones too, have their toys, and their books, for boredom is one of the enemies we've got to fight in this
LIFE IN
NEAR
By
VICTORIA CHAPPELLE
Germany is known to have over a million troops concen- trated in south-east Europa to strike. If these ready troops march through Bul- garia to the Greek frontier, Turkey has made it quite plain that she will oppose them.
many
But it is possible that Ger- and Italy will col- laborate in a move through Jugoslavia against Greece, and in that event Turkey's attitude is uncertain.
Soviet Warning
Hitler may take advantage of the persistent disunity of the Jugoslava to enter their country and progress from there to the nid of his Italian ally in Greece.
Russia's attitude to the whole Balkan situation is un- certain, but there are many reports which indicate that she wants to help the small nations against Germany.
For example, Russia is said to have given the present Greek authorities evidence of a Fifth Column plot to de- throne King George of Greece and to set up a regime more favourable to the Axis.
On this information, the Greek authorities were able to act.
Bay
Other reports, this time from Bucharest,
that Russia warned Bulgaria that any attempt to further Ger- man desires in the Balkans would be regarded as an un- friendly act.
Germany is said to be aware of this Russian attitude and for that reason is more likely to move through Jugoslavia to Italy's aid in Greece than through Bulgaria,
LONDON'S NORMAL
war and most mothers seem to realise it. One evening I noticed
a small baby comfortably asleep in a big market basket which hod been fitted with a pillow and couple of liny light blankets. There he lay, protected from the cold of the floor and the droughts of the tunnel.
In the morning, his mother told me, her 10-year-old son and she carry the basket home between them so that the child remains in the
comfortable relaxed position. I thought this an cellent notion, which might well be adopted for general use when travelling with a young child.
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Another little group was thor- oughly enjoying supper-but they weren't drinking the tea which nearly every fumlly seems to take
vacuum Basks.
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"It's soup for us," said the jolly buxom woman, obviously the mother of the family. "I make it from bones and let it simmer on the hob. Then, when we're ready to start, I pop the snucepan (which lant a
a very bli ono) Into a wooden box, which Hined with straw and then with flannel, and has a straw- lined cushion on top tied down with string, and two of the kids carry it between them. With bits of meat in it and vegetables and such-like, it's as good as a meal and all we want until the morn- ing."
"Mrs Alf"
It was from a second family that I learned of a new use for tea- leaves. I had decided to make a dash for it, but the noise outsido was terrifle, so I wandered back Into the depth of the tube and stood there uncertainly. Sudden- ly I heard n voice: "Wouldn't
like a cup of tea, lady, would you?
- We've got an extra one."
I sat gratefully down on tho platform. "You must have read
my thoughts,"" I. anid, "This is
good of you.'
"Well, you kinder looked sorry for yourself," said the owner of the voice, a thin, briske looking woman, who talked to me, fed two children, and poured out les all at once. She smiled cheerfully, "Al," she turned to quiet man with
large njoustaclic amazingly kind eyes-"You wipe out your cup for the lady." Which Alf allently did.
and
When I'd finished I said: "You must drink all your ration.”
Alf nodded Ike a mandarin, and Mrs All replied: "We do, we drink lots, but we use the leaves a leaves again... Oh, not for drink- ing." she added haslity, seeing the
look
on my face, "For I do all the house over with it. Like this... you collect all leaves every week and then pour on
boiling water
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about a e quart, soy and leave it bit. Then you pour the Hiquid into a bottle. Why, I polish lino- leum and glasses and windows and furniture with it, and it acts grand. The neighbours say you can sen your face in my windows. You ask Alf."
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"In. No Time” She paused and an extraordinary look of surprise came
her face. "Lenstways." ខែ្មរដ added hastily, "You could. But two daya ago a bomb went off in
the rond, and the house is a bit upset now."
Her shoulders suddenly slumped and she leaned, a trifle forlornly, against the wall. Then she straigh- tened herself firmly und looked at Alf. "But the gentleman said we can go back
to-morrow and we'll have it slip-shape again, 5000". Her Kazo sought her won't husband's anxiously, Da though begging for confirmation.
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Alf's kind eyes rested affection- ately on her face, and for the first time he spoke. That's right, old lady," he said, "In no time at all."
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