Sherlock's Squadron by Steve Holmes

Author:Steve Holmes [Steve Holmes and Ken Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781782196594
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Published: 2013-01-26T11:00:00+00:00

‘I hear them Pierre, I hear the planes.’

The resistance fighter assigned to the petrol can had heard it too and didn’t need any prompting as he poured the fuel onto the haystack and struck a match. The haystack exploded into a ball of flames that lit up the night sky.

Louis-Leonard clasped his hands together and prayed that the men from the RAF were as anxious as they were to complete the mission and get out of there as quickly as possible.

John was the first to spot it.

‘There Skip, there it is,’ he shouted with excitement as he signalled to a faint glow two or three miles to the west.

Vanrenen had already banked the plane to the port side and threw it into a steep dive. Once again John Holmes marvelled at the manoeuvrability of the Stirling but in particular the skill of Vanrenen who within a few seconds had levelled the plane out and reduced the speed so much that it convinced him it would simply drop out of the sky.

‘Bomb Aimer, you take over from here, make sure you’re ready to tell those chaps when to push.’

‘Ready and waiting, Skipper.’

John could see the lights of the truck now; the French Resistance fighters had turned the vehicles to light up the drop zone.

‘I reckon about ten seconds bomb aimer…nine, eight, seven.’

The Stirling was almost touching the tops of the trees as Vanrenen continued the countdown, Doug Handley was ready to push the button that would light up a signal box a foot or two away from where the army men stood.

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