Should England Fall: The FIghting Tomcats Book 4 by M.L. Maki & Sofia Maki & Megan Maki

Author:M.L. Maki & Sofia Maki & Megan Maki [Maki, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rose Hill Press
Published: 2020-04-11T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

COMMODORE’S OFFICE, RAF KENLEY

1950, 29 September, 1942

Sam stares at a blank sheet of paper. Finally, she writes:

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Younger,

It is with great regret I must inform you of the combat death of your granddaughter, Lieutenant Tabitha Younger. She was a dear friend…

She stops, “Too much. Too much.” She crumples the piece of paper, throwing into the basket, and starts over.

Cooper walks in holding a tray with sandwiches and a cup of tea. “Let me write them, Boss.”

“Radar, they deserve a personal letter.”

“And, they’ll get one. You need a break.” He moves the paper and puts the plate and the tea in front of her, “Now, eat.”

“Thank you.” She picks up a sandwich, “Chicken salad, good. Any cookies?”

He grins, “I’ll get them. Oh, and we got another message from Hamm. He says the unit at Alconbury had embedded air defenses. They’re getting harder to kill.”

“Okay, I need to talk to Mohr. Is he done at the clinic?”

“I’ll fetch him. I know the doc’s pulled him from flight status until his wounds heal.” He starts to walk out, then turns, “Spike, I’ll write the letters, okay?”

She gives him a wan smile over her cup of tea, “Thank you.”

GRUMMAN, BETHPAGE, NEW YORK

1510, 29 September, 1942 (2010 GMT)

ENS Von Nix taxies his F/A-14B to the runway. It’s his third hop of the day with a different RIO, “I’m still not used to someone else using the radio.”

ENS Heather Kohlman, “You know, we’re more than communications, right?”

“Yeah. You ready to attack Providence?”

“I think so. It’s going to get bouncy, right?”

“Yep, Pappy wants us on the deck.”

They get Boyington’s signal in the lead jet, and the two planes accelerate down the runway, gently lifting off, and cleaning up their birds. They fly out to sea, slowly climbing to 4,000 feet. Pappy wiggles his wings and turns north, descending. Rather than fly up Narragansett Bay, they go feet dry east of New London. Kohlman says, “Scope and threats clear. This isn’t too bad.”

“It’s really flat here. ‘Gs’” He pops over a transmission line. “Still looking for the valley.”

Kohlman, “About 8 minutes.”

“Okay,” They climb over small hills.

Kohlman, “2 minutes.”

The two-plane element drops into a north to south valley with a river and a highway. Kohlman, “Turn in 3.”

“Roger.”

In three minutes, a small town appears ahead of them and they turn out of the valley, heading east. Kohlman, “Faint radar south of us.”

“They got us?”

“I don’t think so, 5 minutes.”

Nix, “Gonna get bumpy.”

“Thanks, 4 minutes.” Then, “2 minutes. Radar is stronger.”

“Okay, bumpy.” They’re crossing ridge lines and staying low.

The outskirts of Providence pass under them. Pappy pops up to bombing altitude and his RIO, ENS Robert Carnegie says, “Drop. Drop. Drop.” On radio they hear, “Tally ho, north.” One of the defenders has spotted them. Carnegie, “Illuminate.”

Kohlman turns on her radar, “2 bandits, 15 miles at 12 o’clock and angels 10.”

Nix, “AIM-7 selected.”

“They’re closing,” On radio, “Fox 1, fox 1.”

Then Carnegie, “Fox 1, fox 1.”

Jackie Cochran, in the defending flight, violently turns, dropping chaff.

Nix, “Gs,” turning to get on her six.

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