Battle of Britain by Chris Priestley

Author:Chris Priestley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2011-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

September 1940

It felt like the world was slowing down. I could feel my pulse in my thumb on the stick as it rested next to the red firing button. Tiny wisps of cloud were scudding across the front of my cockpit.

It was magical, like a dream. I didn’t feel the harness that strapped me in, or even the cockpit around me. It just felt like I was flying up there, really flying. It was as if I had melted into the Spitfire. As if I had grown wings. I no longer had to think about turning, I just turned as a bird would, swooped as a bird would swoop.

We did our usual dance, the Luftwaffe and ourselves, round and round. Then I saw the Me109 below me, standing out against the mashed-potato clouds, the crippled cross of the swastika standing on its tail. I banked to port and dived down towards it. I could hear nothing but my own breath inside my mask. I could feel my pulse on the trigger.

I willed the German into the gun sight. Just a little more. Just a little more. Don’t rush it. Wait. Wait. I could see the pilot in the cage of his cockpit. But he didn’t see me.

“This is for Lenny,” I said, but not out loud. Only in my head. “This one is for Lenny,” I said and I pressed the fire button.

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