The Night Raid Over London Defense Area Flight
A first person account describes Fifteen Gotha bombers crossing from Holland to London, the London defense barrage code named Plum pudding, and a nighttime anti aircraft sequence where second lieutenant and crew man the guns as shells burst in orange flashes.
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Ares
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Scramble Unclear Flight Memory of Combat Crew
The fragment follows an air crew's tense cockpit moment as a sergeant calls target obscured and a lieutenant curses during a high altitude mission. The passage details equipment like a sighting device and bomb release levers, with fatigue and wariness shaping the scene.
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