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, Every incident' in the aerial life 'of a
pilot or obeen!er in th'ij ;Royal Air ;Force
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(to him) histon~ day which l'W:ttnesaed h18
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' Tel'lle aod IlIbcinctl..~e the'
IUt';" ..j.p, ~ .. 4iary ," ~ tIM BritiMl
airman is verY ,Juch opposed.to" h,o t air."
1laDlliDg .ho,..h .h6 10g·beIok 4)£ a
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1iho>.aieturned to England
..fttlr quite a hbt time ili Frahce, one
that the ' firBtl'entry lumps \his air
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before goin,g .aproad.
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',The" cqmes the time wh6\l 'the observer
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_ 'T his 'IDean& that on the aays mentioned
this observer J,.,Jd his pi\ot w.ere aent ~lU an
offensive Patti\!\ 'b nt met no Huns. On a
! , first·trip .over tne lines, it',s just as well iiot
'to be too " offe~sive.'l,I
(" O.P~·' ,bYJ the vnry, 'i~ ',dways
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l!ut real warf"'!" is nat 'l~ng in COInJitlg.j
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, Rumpties' al:d:'·;F.E.'tII. Two "'·j"-·--l~~]~;;~~A
ene"lY ' '!ir-craft ~,JJ."i""n l<Io"n;
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driven dl)Wll lout.of .cohtrol, ,)lO ca~e8.
" Say abdntj2Q E:A+ r.are4 'R.E.'
Ary,. O/,'>s.~~fal' in,deci.ive 1'01nqa.ts" .b'Il~'
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-' Night flight, dropped '8 lwlIlbs .'" ,
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-Hun anti-'airpraij; gu~ very good. (The
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means: "T "Practice 1 're('lonnaiIBSaillc,~
\ <lolossal wlnd >up; new ,filot."
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bag anI "E.A . ' " f ,),hether or.L n.
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'duties are fighting. Sqon we now:
,[ '.' FlyiJt on formatioh" (8 altq'lgoethelr)
t;..nd 15.201Albatross weJ!6.6ngaged.
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