The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz: Rare photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) by Philip Kaplan

Author:Philip Kaplan [Kaplan, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Aviation
ISBN: 9781473829657
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2013-08-13T16:00:00+00:00

A WAAF barrage balloon detachment at work in Portsmouth, England, 1940.

“Christ, I’m on fire!” Chumley yelled. There was smoke sweeping past Roger’s plane and he saw the propeller blades of Chumley’s Spitfire begin to slow and knew that his leader was evidently throttling his engine back. Then the propeller stopped. Expecting Chumley’s plane to burst into flames at any second, Roger pulled back a bit, and he could think of nothing to say to his friend. He watched Chumley smoothly pull the crippled Spitfire around in a shallow turn to the right, slowing it down. He expected Chumley to bale out and hoped he would do so quickly. He thought that Chumley’s engine must be cooling some as the smoke had lessened a bit. “I’m going to make for Tangmere, Roger.” And with that, Chumley began descending in the general direction of the Sussex airfield to the east of Southampton Water Roger asked him if he was OK and Chumley said “Oil pipe’s gone for a Burton.” Roger said he would stick around until Chumley got down and Chumley replied “OK. I’ll be all right, I think.”

As they passed through 5,000 feet and approached the field at Tangmere, the smoke from Chumley’s engine had nearly stopped and he was setting up for a landing. Roger remained at 5,000, watching as Chumley managed to bring the Spitfire in for a safe, wheels-down landing and get out of the plane as soon as it came to a stop. Smoke was again pouring from the fighter and crash tenders and fire engines were already at the scene spraying it with foam.

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