Epower - Those Hannovers are tough nuts so well done downing that one whether the claim lands or not. Well done also getting back in one piece with the damaged controls, that must have been terrifying, praying that you're able to maintain level flight while praying even harder she doesn't stall, because if she does you know there's no getting out of it.
How rude of Babson to interrupt your dreamy tete a tete. Smashing pic of Proccy as well.
Raine - All that moving around for George and now based behind the Portuguese section of line, that'll make local liaison meetings interesting. The move to RAF status is pure words for now whatever the rank is called. The 'Major' is clearly not a stickler for change, maybe if someone came up with a new uniform to suit his naval tastes, blue perhaps.
A terrifying ordeal for George there, wounded with a hun on your tail thank heavens there was someone friendly nearby. Let's hope the nurses are as pretty as the ones on the German side.
Fullofit - Jimmy's taking his opportunities at the minute definitely. Perhaps he needs introducing to the Dreidecker....that would be fun.
"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour."
