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NANCY

GOODNESS!--- YOU'RE GETTING A COLD, AUNT FRITZI!

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IT'S THIS AUFUL WEATHER WE'RE HAVING!

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Thursday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

MAYBE WE OUGHT TO TAKE A VACATION

DOWN SOUTH, EH?

By

February 15, 1940.

Ernie Bushmiller

AND MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO

STOP BLOWING PEPPER IN HERE!

TSK TSK.. GROWN-UPS MUST BE MIND READERS!

·ERNIO BU

THE LION HAS WINGS-the Epic Film Story of the R.A.F.

WITH a fierce roar 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

orack

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 glant, 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 groan, 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- Iance. They dare not. The Spitfires were rushing into the nitack again.

With a miraculous burst of speed Dopey put his plane into a dive. Down it hurtled like an avenging thunderbolt. A rain of bullets found its mark and the Nazi pilot collapsed, chok- ing, over his control.

By, lan 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

Moving steadily Across theness of the aerodrome the men of heading east. dark skies came a new flight of the ground staff gat busy. Nazi bombers, and in that instant Re-fuelling, re-stocking with am- the anti-aircraft guns and search-nuunition, hasty repairing of minor lights took up the hunt.

damages. All, was done with as Heatlessly the searchlights roved much speed and efficiency as if il the skies, scouring the blackness for had been brond daylight. the prey. Into the beam of light flushed a Nazi plane.

"You've got him, Charlie," snap- ped one of the men on the search- Unsteadily the bomber lurch-lights. "Old "im, 'ald 'im, Charlie," ed and heeled over. 418 the he bysecched. -navigator-grasped the controlsThe officer in charge of "the APAT

and sought to get the plane guns rapped out an order. back to control.

"No. 1 Gun-Fire!" The gun Away swooped Dopey's plane, snarled and in rapid succession and into the breach flashed others boomed out, Striving des- Bobby's ship. "Crack-crack-perately to escape from the relent crack." With a groan the Gerless searchlight the Nazi bomber man navigator collapsed and the lived and twisted, while gunfire Nazi bomber fell through the air burst around his tail. like a plummet, smoke spewing from its tail.

Again and again the A-A, gun spoke and then the Nazi bomber?

Flames bursting from the burst into flame, lighting the skies fuselage, the bomber fell into around. Down, down, down. sickening apin and crashed lurching and falling into a dive 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 | Nazis.

7

"Better warn the A-A. people AGILE 15 quicksilver the before our Fighters cop it from the Spitfires danced round the Nazi guns." ordered the Group con- bombers. Still that stream" of troiler.

accurate shooting continued,

The order was flashed by tele-

Bullet-holes appeared on the phone. "Cease firol Cease fire!" Nazi Swastika that decorated

"They would," cursed an A.-A. the plane. Twenty, thirty bul-gunner, to his mate. "Yes," he re- lets plunged into it. Suddenly, plied, "the blinkin' RA.F. swipes with a tremendous explosion, the all the fun!"

engine burat. The plane's crew Six Spitfire fighters cut across hadn't a chance, and one more the sky. Inside a Nazi bomber the Nazi bomber dropped, faming, pilot saw three of the planes tear- to the ground.

ing towards him and his eyes nar- rowed uneasily. From the other "Cornflower Red calling Sta-side flashed 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 dits. Remainder proceeding East. May I continue action?" bullets spat around the Nazi

One flashed through the cockpit "Cornflower Red" replied screen and struck the pilot. Ife 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 remarked

dizzily into a cath-spin, thick smoku belching from ita tail..

Headed duo cast the Cornflower Red planes net off. They had

driven buck one attack, but there

was still work, to be done, harry j RALPH RICHARDSON ran

ing the Nazi bombers in their his hands wearily through. his

flight.

ruct

hair. "The worst part of our

But onethor raid, bad yet to be job is waiting," he remarked.

"Yes," replied his clork. He "B. Flight take off. Rald No. 2," looked at his watch. "A Flight ordered Richardson. The nervour should be back soon."

tention of the waiting pilota was Down in the flying flold the shed like an overcoat. They leaped planes of A. Flight were descend- Into thoir waiting planes.

ing. In the ghostly shrouded black-

High above one of the pilots of Flight B. was talking into his microphone.

Two of our aircraft forced to land. Should we proceed with action?" Over to you."

"They've been up half an hour. They must be getting short of petrol," said someone. Richardson picked-up-hk-micro- Blue. Corn- phone. "Cornflower flower Blue. Discontinue action and return."

"Cornflower Blue calling . . Cornilower Blue calling. Two bun- As he replaced his mike he turned dits down. Remaining two have to find Bobby at his elbow, “Any (entered clouds over sen and are luck?" he inquired.

MORPHY

SAFETY

"Na more, air. The guns - ran

out," replied lobby.

"You did very well. craft available and rest."

Get your

"They're working on them now, air. We'll be ready in twenty minutes time." He naused, “You'll send up my flight again, sir?"

"I said rest?" snapped Richard- son. Bobby seemed reluctant to leave. "Very well, ar," he sard.: [with a reluctant grimace.

"Cheeky young devil." murmured. Richardson as he strode out. Bul he sail it with a half-grin.

Richardson turned to his work. The Nazis were on the run that night, but danger was not yet over. by any means.. The' station dare not relax.

BRITAIN is on guard. Our defences are facing the first real test since the RAF. struck a blow at the Kiel Canal which reverberated round the world.

The first warning of pending Idanger 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 arrival of the invaders."

The Commander-in-Chief

at

| Fighter Contrał spoke curlly take the phone. “Southern Group? A raid is entering, your area. Deal with

it."

The phone operator at Sinthany Control raised his eyebrows. "Raid?: Yes, sir. They're coming into the balloon barrage.”

He put down the receiver and tarned to the man on his right. "I looks as if there's "oing to be some. excitement," he said, with a smile.

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