Read an extract from WWII bomber pilot COLIN BELL’s memoir as he turns 105: Did I carry a mascot in my Mosquito? Yes, a Smith & Wesson with 20 rounds so I could shoot the German lynch mob if I was downed
[ad_1] Enemy searchlights raked the sky and shells exploded around us: the cockpit was filled with blinding light, so I could see nothing ahead and was forced to fly on instruments. These bastards were intent on our destruction. It was night-time, September 1944. Navigator Doug Redmond and I had just bombed Hanover, a major industrial […]