War Story (1988)
“Kellaway, worried about his revs, chose the wrong moment to look at the gauge and he crashed his head against the instrument panel. Left to itself, the plane ran to a halt in the middle of the field. ‘C’ Flight circled overhead and watched the ambulance pull up alongside it. Kellaway was unconscious. A small cut on his forehead had released enough blood to cover his face but the real problem was his right foot, which was jammed behind a rudder pedal. By the time the medics had slit open his fly...ing boot and heaved him clear, Bliss and Dando had arrived with a crowd of guests, and Paxton was telling Milne what had happened.
“This Hun came at us from behind, sir,” he said. “Hard to tell what it was. Probably a Fokker. Not an Eindecker, definitely a biplane.” The crowd pressed closer. Paxton paid them no attention, but at the same time he made his account sound matter-of-fact, almost casual, as if this sort of thing were quite routine. The ambulance left with Kellaway. “He began potting at us.MoreLess
“This Hun came at us from behind, sir,” he said. “Hard to tell what it was. Probably a Fokker. Not an Eindecker, definitely a biplane.” The crowd pressed closer. Paxton paid them no attention, but at the same time he made his account sound matter-of-fact, almost casual, as if this sort of thing were quite routine. The ambulance left with Kellaway. “He began potting at us.MoreLess
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