World War I Tales: The Last Flight by Terry Deary

Author:Terry Deary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

I think the Germans look after the prisoners well. Of course, with Donald for my pilot I will never be taken prisoner.

I will have to hurry to catch the post now. This war will soon be over. Once we make that big attack in spring it will be over in no time. Make sure the kettle is on, Lucy. I’ll be home before you know it.

Your weary brother,

Alfred

Chapter 5

Dawns and Deathtraps

France

Sunday 4 March 1917

Dearest Lucy

I hope the spring has arrived in England. I have been told I will get some leave and be home in April. Forgive me when I get home if I just manage to say ‘Hello’, and then sleep for a week.

The days are getting longer. That means we get up even earlier and finish even later on the flights.

We are still losing airmen as fast as they send them out from England. They arrive one day and go on patrol, and they don’t come back. So many come and go I can’t even remember their names.

And so young. I’ll be 21 on the first of June and I am an old man in number 48 squadron. Donald is still just 19 and he is now a flight leader. The last leader was wounded when his Bathtub crashed into a tree as it took off. Still, you mustn’t worry about me. These young pilots only have about twelve hours’ flying before they are sent out to France. They are like children driving a fast car, out of control.

But the longer you fly the better you get, and Donald is safe as the bricks in our house. I have told him about you and he says to tell you, ‘Lucy, you sound wonderful. Will you marry me when you are old enough?’ I told him, ‘She wouldn’t marry a man who wears a kilt.’

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