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Page 185
Its contents were quickly exhausted , and without more than a passing effect . ... Then our Scots navigator passed me the crew's thermos flasks , and I poured the coffee from four of them - a pint each on the worst of the fire .
Its contents were quickly exhausted , and without more than a passing effect . ... Then our Scots navigator passed me the crew's thermos flasks , and I poured the coffee from four of them - a pint each on the worst of the fire .
Page 188
At about ten o'clock a trio of fighter machines that they took to be Spitfires or Hurricanes going back from a patrol over France passed in the distance . They tried to attract the attention of the fighter pilots , but failed .
At about ten o'clock a trio of fighter machines that they took to be Spitfires or Hurricanes going back from a patrol over France passed in the distance . They tried to attract the attention of the fighter pilots , but failed .
Page 189
Minutes , half an hour , an hour passed . The set of the tide seemed to be bearing them in the right direction , and even the wind helped them to keep to the needed course . For the land was filling more and more of their horizon ...
Minutes , half an hour , an hour passed . The set of the tide seemed to be bearing them in the right direction , and even the wind helped them to keep to the needed course . For the land was filling more and more of their horizon ...
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