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THRILLING STORY OF PARACHUTE ESCAPE Ice Cubes!

BY

R.A.F. PILOT

A THRILLING STORY OF A PARACHUTE ESCAPE FROM A SPITFIRE WAS TOLD YES- TERDAY BY A SERGEANT-PILOT WHO WAS

MYSTERY

A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE FIRST RAF DEATH AT

FLIGHTS TO HAVE SHOT DOWN 100 AIR-

CRAFT WHILE OPERATING FROM ONE STA STANLEY

TION.

He said: "We had attacked a formation of Messerschmidt 109's about lunchtime one day. We peeled off down from about 22,000 feet one after another and made our attacks..

. Then there was a dog fight and I was hit by a cannon" shell as I was about to ret on a Messersch- midt 109 abouĵ 1,000 feet below me. Immediately my Spitfire went into a steep dive.

Flames appeared uit round. 50

FREE OF INTEREST

LOANS

BEING SEEN IN APPARENT- LY GOOD HEALTH FOUR

HOURS PREVIOUSLY BY FEL-

LOW-VILLAGERS, A 30-YEAR- OLD COOLIE WAS FOUND

DEAD ON THE HILLSIDE NEAR

THE STANLEY BARRACK AT 8

A.M. TO-DAY,

An examination of the body disclosed no bruises and only

During the week ended Decem- ber 24 the number of loans free few slight scratches about the of interest received by the Trea- face.

I threw the hood back and kick-sury was 103, totalling £153.587. ed myself cat of the machine. had been hit

Total amount received is £25.- the leg and 097.366 and the number of loans fainted almost immediately

11.184

I came to pretty Soun after- wards and Found I was falling fast 1 was very comfortable but nt 14,000 feet or so pulled the parachute rip cord.

Tunic On Fire

Then when coming down slowly

I took my wireless lead, which was still attached and lied it tight round my leg to staunch the flow of blood.

Then I realised my tunic was on fire so 1 beat out the flames with my hands. 1 singed moustache too.

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A Spithre from another squadron came round me and gave protection from machine. gunning by enemy fighters but no enemy appeared.

I thought once coming down I was going to hit telegraph wires or a high tension cable but miss- ed them both and landed in an orchard.

The aircraft crashed about three miles from my home in Kent and when my parents came to see me in hospital the follow- ing day they told me they had watched me coming down al- though at the time not knowing whq it was." British Wireless,

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WAVING OF HAIR PROHIBITED

The Loyang Economy Savings Promotion Association has pass- ed a resolution prohibiting women from waving their hair and wear- ing high-heeled shoes, which are considered luxurious habits.

Shoe shops are told to sell their stocks of high-heeled shoes within a month after, which sale will be strictly banned. Central News.

5,000 FRENCH QUIT SYRIA

Abcut 5,000 officers and men of the French Army in Syria are. now on their way home to France. The garrisons, in Syria."" and Lebanon-have been reduced to approximately 60,000.-

BLASTING OFFENCE

At Kowloon Court this morn ing, Chung Yuk-hing, of No. 110, Kiling Street, was fined $40-for" failing to take safety precautions winer" blasting on a hillside of Prince Edward, Road, on Decém- ber: 10.

THEFT FROM SAFE

Cheung Kim-chan. of No. 95, Wing-Lok Street, has reported, that $449 was stolen from: hia "safe". * between 2 am and 3 a.m.|

on Christmas Da

British Wireless.

The body has been removed to the mortuary and police investi- gations are proceeding.

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