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SO I BALED OUT!

Vivid Description Of What Lies Behind The Phrase "The Pilot Is Safe"

Our squadron of fighters was Brink east when three enemy aircraft were seen flying west, in the clouds overhead. I told our leader that I would climb with my flight above the "clouds and investigate.

NEW RAINFALL RECORD?

November Sunshine

Below Normal

During the first week in Novem- ber the weather was warm and unsettled. with frequent rain or drizzle. From the 8th to the 21st It was cool mainly sunny. From the 22nd to the 25th temperatures „were grain above" normal, and there

WLE

and much clona

As I did this, twelve Messerschmitt 109 fighters emerged. Sull climbing, I made for the came bigger, the soldiers on the drile. sun, turned. and gave the order beach came nearer. for my fight to break up and at- tack.

The development of an intense I had one minute of anxiety. "anticyclone over Glins resulted in as I floated down one of the Mes- a marked tall in temperature on

In a moment, our battle began-mchmitts appeared. The pilot the 29th, and the fast day of the aur aix Hurricanes against the circled round me, and I was just month was time and cold. enemy's twelve,

FIRST OPPONENT

I flew in closer and gave him a second dose. It was enough,

a little alarmed. Would he shoot? The mean temperature for the Well-ho didn't. He bahared month was 70.8 deg. F, which 18 quite well. He opened his hood, 15 deg. above normál A MAKL The eighteen aircraft chased wared to me and then dived to mum of 340 deg. was recorded on round and round, in and out of wards the sea and made off to the 8th, and a minimum of 59.0 the cloud. I chose my Arst op-wards France. ... ponent. Be seemed to be dream- The wind was still friendly. It deg. on the 30th. The mean zela- tive humidity Was 12 per cent ang and I quickly got on to his tail was carrying me in towards the and gave him a short burst which beach I took out my cigarettes against a normal of 69 per cent.

LESS SUNSHINE damaged him.

and lig one with my lighter with-

Bunahine amotinted to 158 hours, out any ditheulty.

Ages seemed to pass I threw which is $1 hours less than nor He dived, out of control. I fol away the cigarette as I came mal The total rainfall was 3.61- lowed him down to 8,000 feet. nearer and nearer to the coast. I inches, exceeding the normal by There I circled for a minute or could hear the gaiders, passed 2.02 inches The total rainfall for the the year is now only 2.12 inches passing over. -two and watched him dive ver- streisand, tically into the calm sea.

"bouses op the sea-front, I could short of the highest annual Lotal I opened my hood for a breath of, see the people looking up at me. on record."

The maximum wind velocity in fresh air and looked about the sky.

JOURNEY ENDS. There was no sign of either the I had descended to about 1,000 a gut was 45 mph at 747 am enemy or my own fight., I was feet. I began to sway a little and on the 22nd alone.

I

OPENED FIRE

I could hear my parachute-dap- ping,

I climbed back into the cloud, For the first time since the which was thin and misty. Three enemy pliot circled around me I Messerschmitts, fying in line became anxious

astern, crossed in front of me-sni Well, the journey ended in a close that I could see the black cucumber crosses on their wings and fuse- lage.

I opened are on number three in the formation. We went round and round in decreasing circles as I dred.

I was lucky again. Pleces of his wings flew off. Blaik smoke came from his plane.

frame-after I had pushed myself free of a house with my good foot.

HARBOUR OFFICE NOTIFICATION

APPROACH TO EAST LAMMA CHANNELS

"Notice to Mariners No. 25/1940 And now I come to a "pleasant recollection-in spite of my injur- of January 22, 1940, is amended, and the following is substituted ed foot and my painful landing.

The people in that seaside town for the first paragraph of that

A woman ap- Notice: 'were wonderful

"River steamers and small craft peared with cup of tea-in one second. Then a policeman with a lising the East Lamma Channels whisky and soda. 1 drank the are to follow the instructions con- tained in Notice To Mariners No. whisky and soda first

23/1940, of January 22, 1940, ex- cept that they are not required to display Departure Bignals.

"K they cannot make Blof

He dived, and I fired one more burst at him, directly from astern.

I remember one amusing In- We were doing a phenomenal speed-then my ammunition gave cident as I was lifted into the am- little bay of seven out, just as the other two Measer- bulance. A schmitts attacked me. I twisted came over to me with cigarettes, and turned, but they were too se- and he said: "Good luck, str. curate. I could hear the thud of When I grow up I'm going to be

an airman, too." their bullets. Pieces of my air- craft seemed to be flying on in" all directions: my engine was comaged.

;

The works of Bigrid Undset the Norwegian authoress and Nobeli

Then came a cold stinging in my left foot. One of the Jerry bal. Prizewinner, have been banned by lers had found its mark. I was the German Government, It was about to dive to the sea and maxe reported in Stockholm.

my escape, low down, when the

central column became useless in

my

hand. Black smoke poured WEATHER REPORT

into the cockpit and I could not sec.

TIME HAD COME

Hongkong" Royal Observatory

10 am, Dec. 3.

I knew that the time had come Barometer, at sea level), 30.14 ins. for me to depart

Temperature, 70°F.

Everything after this was per- Humidity, 70 per cent, fectly.calm. I was at about 10,000 Wind Direction; EN feet, but some miles out to ses. Wind Force (Beaufort), 5.

I lifted my seat, undid my strap. Temperature maximum yesterday. and opened the hood...

70 3.

The wind became my ally. A Temperature: Minimum last night hand — actually the slip-stream

64 F.

today, nil

catching under my helmet-seem- Rainfall for 24 hrs: ending 10th ed to lift me out of the cockpit.

It was a pleasant sensation. I Total rainfall since January 1st. was in mid-al-floating down so 11750 ns. ". peacefully in the cool breeze that

Point and see the Port War Signal clearly they are on no account to attempt to enter the East Lamma Channels without specifc orders from the Naval Authorities."

ANGLO-SPANISH AGREEMENT:

MADRID, Dec, 3 (Reuter)--The Anglo-Spanish Financial Agree- ment was signed here yesterday by Sir Samuel Hoare, British Ambas- sador, and the Spanish Foreign Minister, Senor Serrano Suner.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 4 to 1 Dec. 1840,

Week

print

Month.

Height.

HIGE WATER.

Low WATT

Bong

Hong

Kong

Kong

Standar

Standard

Time.

Time

b.m. N.1

b. m.

I had to remind myself to pull my Sanset tonight. 1.39 p.m. ripcord and open my parachute. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.49 a...

When the first jerk was over I

Against an average of. 84.14 ins.

Wed.

4 1415 49

0854

23.59

70

1730

Thur

5

07 30

18 19 50

2820

swung like a pendulum. This' waż

B., Dec. 3.

Fri

on 28

184

not so pleasant, but I soon settled Barometer (at sea-level), 30.06 ins, down, and I was able to enjoy a Temperature, 70 F full view of the world below the Humidity: 68 per cent. beach, some miles awRJ, with Wind Direction. soldiers the long lines of willas, Wind-Force (Beaufort), 4:

MINUTE OF ANXIETY There was no sensation of speed, but the ripples on the water be

1620

Sat

01 28

5 A 09 23

17 15

Sun.

03.04

6 3 10 16

.

1755 6 6 23 40

Mon. 9

160!

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Haight.

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