Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 261-262W. Blackwood, 1947 - England |
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Page 231
... never flown in my life . In- deed , when flying first began I had voiced a rash vow that I would never fly . How a situation - and a war- can change our ideas ! Here was I , rescued from a difficult predicament by the R.A.F. and only ...
... never flown in my life . In- deed , when flying first began I had voiced a rash vow that I would never fly . How a situation - and a war- can change our ideas ! Here was I , rescued from a difficult predicament by the R.A.F. and only ...
Page 326
... never appealed to me . The cantonment was neither one thing nor the other . It may also have been partly the climate , much vaunted though it was . It was never cold , and never much too hot , but always rather damp and steamy , and ...
... never appealed to me . The cantonment was neither one thing nor the other . It may also have been partly the climate , much vaunted though it was . It was never cold , and never much too hot , but always rather damp and steamy , and ...
Page 354
... never before jumped from a Dakota , had never done a night - jump , and had never jumped with a kitbag strapped to his leg . Shortly he was to do all three , and , extraordinary mixture that he was of dour Scot and cheerful Cockney , I ...
... never before jumped from a Dakota , had never done a night - jump , and had never jumped with a kitbag strapped to his leg . Shortly he was to do all three , and , extraordinary mixture that he was of dour Scot and cheerful Cockney , I ...
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