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1942

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in

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june

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uh we went on the bombing mission i was

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flying bombers wellingtons

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over

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roar

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or otherwise so-called happy valley

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and

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the trip was

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we perform everything what was necessary

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drop the bombs on the target and on the

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way back

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while we were flying over the

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uh

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zoider sea

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which is uh the part of

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holland

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my rear gunner

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reported

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an aircraft approaching from the rear

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i told him that if this

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object comes too close then we'll have

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to open the fire on him

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and

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my

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idea was that perhaps it was a

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a german

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fighter aircraft equipped with the

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satchel light in the nose

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so

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when this thing came close i wouldn't

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take any chance on it and

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with all my rear gunner to

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give him a blast

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so

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then he opened the fire on him

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maybe

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200 yards

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and at that distance

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this object was

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almost the size of the moon which was

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also visible at the same time

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maybe possibly a bit bigger we

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use the

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tracers in the machine guns there are

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four machine guns in the rear turret

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and while this rear gun was shooting we

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could follow exactly the

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trajectory of the

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shells

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which were entering the

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that particular target now the peculiar

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thing about it was that

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those were just going in and that was

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the end of it they wouldn't fall down

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and

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so-called tracers those tracers would

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just enter and that was it now for that

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lasted for

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possibly

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i know maybe two minutes

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and after that time

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the um

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this

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shining object suddenly changed the

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position

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and at a terrific speed moved over

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to

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our port side

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almost at the same distance

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about 200 yards from the wing

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and then it stayed there of course then

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both rear gunner and the front gunner

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opened the fire on my order and

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i could see the

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tracers entering the target again from

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under two angles at which i was sure

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that this was pretty close to 200 yards

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then

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because you could see the angle of

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crossing the tracers

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after a while

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it moved up it took off at a

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fantastic speed at the

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at least 45 degrees angle and they just