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September 19, 1940.

stories

how

tell just

good our

planes are

By 0. D. GALLAGHER

NE thing the men and boys holes in the old kite, but it was too

late, 'cos I was off home again." of the RA.F. hate-bally-

ONE

Three Me's in sixteen seconds...

OF OTHER STRIKING FEA-hoo about themselves. Reck- That's the firing capacity of a Spit-

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Food In Europe

Onl

schmitts spitted pleks....

Makes it very difficult for re- porters, because, broadly speak- ing, that is the set-up.

"But it won the same in the last War. Chapa home on leave were apt to make a rumpus because the breake~! fast coffee was cold, or something. Almost every day comes a report has to do with coming back safe of our R.A.F. meeting numerically once more.

A minor rebellion stronger Luftwaffe formations. Al- because everything isn't perfect." most every day our men stay behind

ONE "exactly-how-it's-done" story

THE VILLAGES OF ENGLAND

The villages of England have slept for many a year And dreamed among the hollyhocks and drowsed beneath

the trees,

They sent their sons to fight for us but little did they hear? Above the crnon of woodpigeons and lullaby of beos.

The villages of England have wakened now indeed

And thrust the poppies from the gate, the nightshade from

the porch,

And each conceals his ancient name and where his wild lanes,

Lead,

3

For far-off days have handed on once more the flaming torch. Again the silent belfries wait to sound their loud alarms, And though around the casements the clematis is curled Behind each cottage window a yeoman stands to arma, For the cottages of England are the bastions of the World.

P. E. C. DUCE.

The

dirty

saga

little

to fight and live to fight again ans from our Spitfire Patrol:-- Meat Battle of the Convoy them."

sort of thing other day. This likely to be their daily bread

Rome time to come

is for

Are

So here is some authentie back- ground on one of our Spare sta- tions.

and

of

the twins for the RAF. and the there was an almighty splash as he

of a coaster

CRIE

the

Henry Nuhrenberg, the cook, stort- Stabs Of Flame ed to bathe the wounds of Treadwell.

EN who took part in the the woodwork and metal around Harry Treadwell, mate of the "Jonah." ♫ twenty-one-year-old in the English Channel told

coaster

to the wheelhouse. "There were three of us. We were

their stories of the fight which Splinters hissed around the helms- about ten miles out at seo. Our And that's why they reseni tou fui- echelon leader was high up-in sight began in darkness and continued man, twenty-year-old John Ward, a

of land,

We were down in the mist, throughout the day until the Runner boy. The wheelhouse was 11t some praise. It suggests they

in sight of each other. 1 saw 21 Germans with sixty of their with the glare of another star shell.

Harry Treadwell Dung himself on having a high old Ume. They're not. Heinkei straight ahead. I don't, planes shot down-cried halt. the boy. shielding him from

The attack began in the Exaggerated praise makes a Spitfire think he saw us, because he seemed

early splinters. Two sharp groans reveal- a to be concentrating on our leader up morning dark. The sky was black, ed that Treadwell had been hit. The Theirs Pilat way: "Aw, roll"

atofl. The feller with me (un the| hard and probably outside

There was no moon, and the men in gunner boy was unhurt sarlous job

the formation) went!

Men

other

ships in the convoy long.

straight in, and I followed when the a 400-ton "dirty little coaster" could

cargo ships were being wounded while the battle scarcely see the other Jerry broke away.

ahend of her and behind her in the was at its height. Harry Treadwell hat three wounds in his leg, and a "His wheels came down. I fred convoy.

crash fur third

had a scared furrow man for six or seven seconds

Suddenly there was a lle did a to port. and I flew off her up the line. Captala Guy, of across the knuckles of his hand. stall turn PUT twin brothers, suy, in two again into the mist. Gosh, it was the coaster, said, "What was that?.

One with thick He showed up again, though, A depth charge?" specially picked suits. knic-like creates in his pants and a beeting off to some ships below. 1 bultonbole in the lapel; the other in gave him a few more seconds fring

In fact, it was a German torpedo Treadwell said: "I can't bother now and he turned for land.

finding its mark. A moment later there's work to do,"

With a handkerchief knotted round pants like empty cqai micks,

fred from a German "He couldn't make it. I saw himin star wholl sleeves out at the elbows. Twin No.

to the deck, and was hauled up to I is going to feel a hundred par cent. in a patch of sunlight that looked "E" bost fell in an are over the con- his hand, he crawled from the galley

like a yellow searchlight through a voy, and guns opened are. more able to face the world than hole in the mist. He was almost op

From out of the blackness shells the bridge. Standing on one leg, he at the wheel. The Well, change the sen. He did a Twin No. 2, isn't he?

Rentle stuli, a spat out. They struck the decks and took his turn

firing was getting hotter. Change bit of spray came up, then

pinged against steelwork,

The gunners on the coaster and the the sulls for fighter planes.

Aboard the British ships

ships gunners ran to their posts and stood poering, ships they could see near them were firing back desperately against the their eyes accustomed trying to get

Germans. "Jonah" hung around and suw two to the blackness. First from men get Into a rubber bont. He alde, then from another-then from: fred Very lights over the shipping ahead and then

ships-cume con- to draw their attention to the Jerries, convoyed Our Spitfire boys enjoy

back Adence to themselves that the Luft- but, as he said. "They wouldn't take stabs of name.

my notice. When they saw

Our gunners fired waffe pilots cannot have. And, any lights they probably said: "That's splashes of light la the

We They had no other guide to their He saw the white wake of a second way, our boys have better training. ait right, you can't frighten us.

coming towards the ship. tor. torpedo com target. The low-cut pedo boots showed по "Jonah" went home when he was)

short of petrol. Nothing against the sky. you running

The men in the coaster heard an- wheelhouse. His voice could not be The two Jerries

In heard above the fring. He raced to shoot more he could do.

explosion ahead of them.

the wheelhouse. were washed ashore some days later ail they heard three. in their boat. Dead.

It meant tha

that three British ships "I lost the race," he said. "Only Before the grace of God saved us. FOR these boys the war started on

Nothing sensational about "Jonah's" were torpedoed.

After the first few minutes the 1 could warn the captain the torpedo May 20 Dunkirk, The days of Arst Nazi. He just risked his life to

twolve Sco and the not a fraction Illuminating the waiting before that are a nightmare force that Heinkel to drop its bombs star shells went out. Another shot was on us and missed the stern by In the Balkans and Germany, crops to them. The group captain (they in the sea instead of on the happily up, illum

he convoy-but not the lurking torpedo inches. "The Old ignorant shipplug who thought coll him "Groupers" or

boats-as it floated down.

British escort ships, shepherded the "George Smith, a deckhand,.saved Man") sold how one of his boys first was pulling their legs.

CULINARY footnote: If you have convoy and fought the Attackers at the ship from the third torpede. He was the only one to see the white any doubts about lining up in the the same time. one of the pour blokes Ministry of Food's cat-more-offal Captain Guy directed his men streak of its propeller-wake, and to to starbourd, hear the "whoosh-whoosh" sound as stooging around looking for the odd campaign, they may be dispelled by "Hard to port, hard

as every other it sped towards the ship. two Spitfire baya I met at lunch in hard to port Jerries who used to come over. They their mess. After soup, both ate a captain in the convoy was doing. "He burst on to the bridge, tung all got absolutely browned-oil (bored plate of tripe and onions and went The men at the heavy hand-steer- himself on the wheel, and apun it

R.T. off on patrol.

Economists and others are busily discussing the European for situa- ton, a question which is naturally one of the first importance on ac- count of its bearing upon the probable length of the War The Andings of such an expert authority us Mr. John Mack, consulting economist ir the United States Department of Agriculture, should help to form a tolerably clear picture of the foot conditions in most of the countries of Europe. In a recent essay he has supplied detailed gares relative to the chief foodstrafis in store or t course of production Itt European lounds, exclusive of Russia, which 15 an unknown quantity and not likely to figure birgery in the present altun- 1(on

Wheat. It appears, is about seven hundred millions of bushels short.

Luftwaffe, in Spitfires und Messer- schmitts (of any type) you have an almost perfect malogy.

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went in."

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As one said to-day: "You get a know you're a Spitare!" " good feeling when you've got two or three Me's on your tail just pull out the plug and ahead! They can't touch you."

found the war.

"He was

suff). Then it started. The

י

my

other

onc

The coaster was now being attack- from behind the ed by a number of "E" boats-all

spluttering firing at the same Ume.

Suddenly a torpedo sped towards at the the all-and missed by two yards.

The cook had come up on deck. darkness.

Germin

silhouette The torpedo was afty yards away.

The cook was twelve yards from the.

more than

ing gear sweated as they spun the over hard. The ship swerved on What's offal to you, is fuel for wheel over. Every one took his turn her course, and the torpede shot

at the wheel. Shells spattered on harmlessly "by." }

(radio telephone) was on offer. He just about blew it wide Spitfire boys.

Almighty! 'God open shouting:

Hordes of them!' Tally-bot went sailing in singing at the top of) his voice."

#FUNNY SIDE

UP

are below average, while Italy and Spain will have enough and France nearly enough for next year's needs. Hye, parley, and outs have been re- duced somewhat, but not so severely as whent. Europe, although has more cattle, hogs and sheep than all North America,

nurmally Imports large quantities of beet, muiton, butter, cheese, and lard. Hogs and beel vatue are now being slaughtered mure rapidly than usual. Each country grows uunost exactly the unount of potatoes that it constance. There is a deficiency of fats and oils.

All this adds up to show that Europe inty possibly manage to endure until the 1941 crop is harvest- ed. To achieve this, live-stock must be slaughtered freely, wheat and rye must be reserved for bread uses, and

Another came back after large quantities of barley, cats, and corn devoted to direct human use. He was alone. On the comouflaged It will be a close squeeze, nowever, tarmac his squadron's intelligence even assuming a much more equal officer was waiting, but it was some! distribution or the present 10x Bupplies than has prevailed in the minutes before he could get anything pus; voviously a very large asstump- out of the fighter. He sat in his tight tion, as soldiers are preity aute to cockpit, eyes bright, grinning, xay- fare better than industrial workers.ing: "God, they're casy! God,

In Mr. Buck's opinion use total situa-

The war had. really started for the, Spitite boys.

tion is that an effectively blockaded they're epsy!” European continent will mean that a great number of people in some areas will suffer from want of food.

a fight.

Me's

What a tale he told the intelligence officer later. "I was over Dunkirk. Couldn't mies it. A column The economists are not the only smoke came out of it as high as I people in America that are talking could climb, nearly. Three about the European food situation came at me, but by the Ume I really The friends of Germany in the United got aying I was after them. I States have learned a new tactical pronged (smashed) 'ern all. The method. They no longer dwell with Mahoney boys (A.A. men) were pop- pride upon Germany's Invincible, ping off at me. They made a few economic self-sufficiency, Their favourite tople now is the evil plight

of the Dancs, Dutch, Belgians and her most effective weapons, is an French, owing to the scarcity of food, ingenious one. There are difficulties, brought about of course, not by the however. One is that Germany has invading Germans, but by the British blockade. The story is that if Great Britain can be induced to allow food to enter Europe, the Germans are prepared to give all kinds of under- takings that it will reach the hungry and distressed populations and will not be appropriated to the use of -the German army..

The proposal that Great Britain should relax the severity of the blockade, thus, laying asido one of

an impressive record of broken pledges, and it would be extremely dificult to deviso an engagement that An- she would consider binding. other is that the Americans are themselves arming in all haste, to

the meet

danger

Germon aggression on this contincnt. They know that the British Fleet is their Arst line of defence, and that it would be dangerous in the extreme to re- duce the effectiveness of the blockade.

of

"We had run into a carefully pre-

By Abner Dean pared ambush," said another of the

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"It seemed as if they knew where we should be, and at.what time, and. they were waiting for us with their engines silent. There was no way we could fight back. We couldn't. see what we were fighting

for

the

"A ship in front of us had been torpedoed. We heard shouts help, and flung, lifebelts Into water, although we could see no one- to pick them up."

The rest of the convuy steained on. It steamed on undeflected-into more trouble. What they had been through was only the beginning of the battle.

The Nazi bombers swept down out of the sky as morning camé. and on their talls came the fighter planes of the RAF.

The start of the battle could bo` seen from the shore.

A man who watched it through/ glasses said "I shall never see again: such amazing Lying as those R.A.F. boys put in. It was a lesson to me, a revelation.

saw one fighter make rings around a German he was chasing... First he was on its tail pumping, bullets into it.

"Then, with a real circus stunt he dived under it, eame manoeuvre,

In front of it and over it, fring up in all the time. The two of them dis appeared into the cloud, with the German, heading downwards. A

Beneath the planes which twisteă und turned within view of this port inere were over" eighty Germana attacking at that time-the convoy was still ploughing its way forward

*stillon, 3ks, course),

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