Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1517William Blackwood, 1942 |
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... raid warnings , and each time we got the guns into suitable positions for A.A. fire , loaded , and waited , but ... raids began . The remaining horses meanwhile would be saddled up , and by the time I returned to the farm with the ...
... raid warnings , and each time we got the guns into suitable positions for A.A. fire , loaded , and waited , but ... raids began . The remaining horses meanwhile would be saddled up , and by the time I returned to the farm with the ...
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... raid ! " Commander " Tell that Chief Teller " Stand by all stations . Raid three six B for Beer X - ray . Now north - west . Z for Zebra , two niner three four , two niner three four . Three- plus Dorniers at eight thousand three ...
... raid ! " Commander " Tell that Chief Teller " Stand by all stations . Raid three six B for Beer X - ray . Now north - west . Z for Zebra , two niner three four , two niner three four . Three- plus Dorniers at eight thousand three ...
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... Raid zero six niner . Yes . Hostile raid zero six niner . He's at twelve thousand . What ? Not now , you say ? Oh , he's coming down now , is he ? In flames . O.K. Get a bearing of him when he crashes . I'm switching to Willy Beer now ...
... Raid zero six niner . Yes . Hostile raid zero six niner . He's at twelve thousand . What ? Not now , you say ? Oh , he's coming down now , is he ? In flames . O.K. Get a bearing of him when he crashes . I'm switching to Willy Beer now ...
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