T.NAUGHTON [SCAVENGER]
T-30 I report to my assigned Attack Sqd. #609 and present my logbook; I receive a hearty welcome and a pleasant round of jolly good banter.
T-20 I am quizzed on my experiences with AWTA; My hours with instructor Bushwacker; and My flying experience in general;
T-18 Everyone gathers in good fellowship to hear my response; I reply that; Actually old chaps, I only took one session with Bushwacker and the ruddy AWTA before my Uncle Dowding pulled me out the class and sent me here; The Sqd seems to gather more closely as I answer more questions about flying the Spit;
T-15 My log book and responses are collected
T-10 I am put under close arrest until someone from intelligence arrives;
T-09 I am strip searched and required to explain the rules of cricket;
T-07 They are finally satisfied I wasn't parachuted in by the Luftwaffe to sabotage an attack Sqd;
T-06 Someone from Group HQ. escorts me away from the good ole chaps in #609 and flies me over to Patrol Sqd. 610
T-08 Sqd 610 Welcomes me and asks a few questions while examining my log book; They ask me to look at my map and discuss the defence sectors; They listen closely to my answers;
T-06 I am strip searched and required to explain why Edward gave up the Crown
T-04 I am given back my uniform but no parachute and no side arm;
T-03 I am climbing out of B-33, a grin on my face, guns armed, heading for the English Channel to do battle;
T-02 Hdqs requests that I return to the field as Eagle Day has not started yet;
T-01 I am strip searched and required to explain Cromwell's tactics at the Battle of Waterloo.
T-00 The Sqd leader escorts me to my patrol sector
T+1:30 I have seen one enemy aircraft, have not fired my guns and flew 1:30 min on the fence line. The only British casualty in my sector occurs at T+90 when ole man Herms, at the Dairy, looks up to see my plane, trips and falls on his hayfork. But Gentlemen it was Eagle Day and I was there!!
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