Thanks, guys!

Meanwhile, back in the skies east of London...

...there they are! A small group of specks appears amidst the increasing cloud cover. They’re a bit further left than I was expecting and seem to be heading away from us.

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I soon realise I'm almost certainly watching one of our own squadrons! Glancing to my right, I suddenly notice the real raid – a gaggle of twenty-plus bombers with maybe eight close escorts above.

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I turn toward the Huns, tempted to go for the bombers. But that will only bring the fighters down on our necks, so I order the escorts attacked. Those odds are nearly even and we have a slight positional advantage.

The Huns sail through some Ack Ack fire, apparently oblivious to the fact we're coming over to set about them.

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Both sides flit in and out of cloud. I briefly lose sight of the Huns and get a shock when a neat formation of aircraft suddenly appears and crosses just below, from left to right. At first, I think they’re the bombers, but quickly realise they’re our boys, probably the other squadron I saw earlier.

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I’ve drawn a bit ahead of my own companions and regaining sight of the Huns, I slow down slightly while they catch up and I plan my attack. As I watch, one of the escorts turns away from the others, who fly on. My first thought is that he’s been winged by the ground fire and is going home. But I can’t exclude the possibility he’s a hot shot who’s aiming to come around behind us as we go for his friends. So I decide to tackle him and leave the rest to the boys.

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I quickly close with the Hun and can soon see for myself that he’s a 109. He’s just flying away, so it looks like my first impression was right.

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I close in and give him a couple of zero deflection bursts from dead astern.

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The Hun suddenly rears up in front of me and although I don’t notice any impact, I see aircraft parts flying and fear I can’t have completely missed a collision.

However, my kite flies on normally, while the 109 drops like a brick.

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In fact, he’s lost a large part of one wing! No doubt about that one.

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Time to find out how the others are getting on. Behind me, I can see an air fight in progress. My presence is obviously required!

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I wheel around and head for the scene of the action. I can’t initially tell who’s who, so I steer more or less for the middle of the fight. I could have climbed above it and chosen a target more carefully, but with the odds in the Hun’s favour, I feel time is of the essence. Already, Red 2 is reporting he’s having to break off

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As I bore in, a fighter flashes past, going the other way. That’ll be Red 2 departing, I expect. I get a brief glimpse of his yellow nose as he zips past.

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But hang on! Spitfires don’t have yellow noses - Messerschmitt 109s have yellow noses.

Oh dear!

…to be continued!

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