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SIDELIGHTS OF FLIGHT

THE AIR RAIDS

THE SIRENS WAILED in a south-west town,

the guns barked, and people'in the streets made their way to a public shelter-built to hold 100.

But the door was locked and the key could not be found. For the first time in his duties, the war den had mislaid it. So men, women and children scattered to other shelters. Some flattened them- selves in doorways as the bombs screamed down.

When the raid was over, all that remained of the locked shelter was the concrate outline, of the floor. It had been smash. ed to atoms by a direct hit. A portion of splintered doorway and a bomb-scarred lock were handed to the warden-who had' found the key at last!

Siren Money

Member of a club in Hove (Sussex) have decided to make money out of the sirens. Every time they hear that old familiar; wailing, they each put a halfpenny | into the kitty,

In seven weeks they have raised

£40.

A grant from the fund will be

paid out to any member, his wife or family who suffer loss or in Jury in an air raid.

Rumour

FRENCH

SPIRIT

REVIVING

Parisians Wear Tricolour

AFTER FIRE

In an attack on the in- vasion bases, one of our bombers, which flew through the terrific A.A. barrage was badly hit and caught fire.

For a brief period the captain thought that his aircraft was doomed and that it would be ne- cessary for it to be abandoned. The greater part of the damage was in the centre of the aircraft, close to the rear gunner.& pos.tion.

The captain

said: "Tie fre broke out amidships immex ately after or during the attack. I warned my crew to prepare to fump. This, however, would not have been easy for them because not only were the flames beginning to spread but thousands of rounds of ammunition were explod.ng.

**I urged my' crew to make every

Though it is too early effort to extinguish the fire, and yet to know how far the io minutes later my wireless heartening news of the operator reported 'Bre out.!" expansion of Gen. Gaulle's following spread in France, are various signs that slow reawakening of tional feeling is in

The damage was so severe that de it was extraordinary, that the alr- has craft succeeded in reaching its

base. Huge holes were forn there the wings, three petrol tanks were

The house of Mrs. Edith Pike, who lives in a South-East Coast town, was demolished by a direct gress. bomb hit. Mrs. Pike and her six- month-old baby were rescued al- most unhurt, although slight in- juries to her face meant that Ms. Pike spent one day in hospital.

Rumour, ably assisted by the down-fg-the-round

AnbearanCE

In

a destroyed, while the interior of the fuselage and the air 'gunner's cookpit were almost destroyed.”“”

na-

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The general impression to be gathered from Press is that the writers paid by the controlled

Germany are hoping and praying for a rapid German victory, so be proved right

of Mrs. Pike's house, said she and that they may her baby were dead. Contradicted later, the penalty of their trea- and escape from paying, sooner or by the wardens, rumour stil! per-

sisted and spread and added chery.

first-hand details, Finally, Mr. S. B. King,

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Meanwhile Gringoire, a scur- ritous weekly, which lives Un scandal and political "tit- bits,

trict, invited Mrs. Pike to take walk with hum round the town. Gen. de Gaulle is concerned.

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to reach London, schmidts" though the one paragraph in which

erowded streets and peered into the last Issue shop windows and stopped to chat

with their friends.

But-helieve it or not-it took

a day or so to kill that tale- for Dame Rumour is an obstin ate and pig-headed creature.

Bee-Mask

began

When the bomb-Krieg the London headquarters of the R.S.P.C.A. was bombarded with inquiries from people anxious to protect their pets against possible gas attack,

One harassed official spent eight hours at the telephone dealing with questions about cats, dogs. goats, rabbits and guinea-pigs. The last call came from agitated old lady.

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"I have been playing is showing caution where ring o' roses with Messer- a Hurricane pilot told a surprised In- telligence officer, when he came in after a combat to make his report.

he General is mentioned is un-

pleasant in tone it speaks of the robust” answer which he made to the news that he had been sentenced to death-"We who go on fighting are all more or less sentenced to death, anyway."

This

"As I was chasing a Junkers 88 at 15,000 feet several Messersch- midts 100 appeared just aver- can only mean that head," he said. "I saw them turn, Gringeire surpects that many of so I left he bomber and started to its readers have a soft spot in turn round quickly to' the right. A their hearts for the Free France Messerschmidt 109 appeared to movement. Otherwise it would make a halfhearted dive at me attack him as it attacks Churchill,

Germans Nettled

Mr. and shot 1ound in ron in a climb- ing turn to the right, I fired bursts at him, turning inside him und fring a quarter deil ction. Bils flew off in cloud of while smoke. M. Laval has had talks in Paris "He wobbled and beyenmai var, with Otto Abetz, the official re- Out of the corner of my eye I saw presentative in France of the three more in lineastern, appar- German Foreign Office. This visit ently playing ring o' roses. coincided with, though perhaps "I turned round in a right hand it did not provoke, an outburst of turn. Another Messerschmidt 109 tricolour ribbons or blue, white did exactly the same thing and I and red flowers worn by Pari- dealt with him in exactly the same Ita search of future quieter siennes. Rather nettled and puzzled way. A trail of white smoke-and nights, a man and wife made a by this, the Germans have it, he went down.

"Have you," she said, "a gas mack suitable for putting over my beehive?"

No, We Haven't

played, but they fear and resent any show of courage, :

week-end tour through a number structed their hacks in the Paris of country villages.

Press to discourage it. They didn't get a word in edge- "La France au Travail" obedi- ways because, as each housewife ently did this. "It is in the worst opened her door and they drew possible taste," stated this organ. a deep breath and opened their "We are all suffering from the For this offence "Le Figaro,” pub- mouths, they were greeted with a sume misery and are all French. | lished in non-occupied territory, polite but firm "No--we haven't." Nobody needs to exhibit the na-has been suspended for cre day,"

Which reminds me that I have tonal colours on his person to For no apparent reason it recent- seen advertisements in several prove this."

ly published an articlo by M. country weeklies offering. a re-

Francois - Mauriac extolling the ward of £5 for information about

principles of liberty. ·· vacant rooms in country houses.

STILL

In a word, the Germans are content to long as micory is dis-

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Every week that passes enables the Royal Air Force to absorb and employ more of the available talenį and energy of the younger getr eration--both men and women. 5. Wireless mechanics are stit wanted. Applicants should have r -sound knowledge of the theory-and practice of wireless se's and prac

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New opportunities for men an- xious to undertake air crew dutie have resulted in a speeding up o enrolment. There is still room for pilots, wireless operatør nií gunners, and "observers, Accepter cand'dates are now usually caller up for training without undue delay.

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