Tally Ho Chaps……..Old Sdn Ldr Handlebar here again…….thought I drop in and give you young chaps the benefit of my experiences during WWII.
I remember it well……an afternoon dog fighting with the Jerries…..damn fine pilots…..wonderful aircraft…..especially that damn 109….mighty tough little blighter….more than a match for my trusty Spitfire…..anyway…..I’d taken orrf from Biggin Hill at around 14.00 and had my first encounter with Jerry about ½ an hour later…..down went two of the blighters and I was just settling in for the third when a fourth blighter came at me straight out of the sun……well what can I say…..port wing tip disappeared along with most of my rudder…..old X-Ray Charlie was flying like a wellington boot full of KY jelly and ball bearings….
I realised I had no bally chance of making it back to Biggin so decided to try for Compton Abbas……no bally compass and a ‘timiter that was going up and down like a whores draws….. ‘******’ ….I thought….this could get a little hairy…….anyway I knew Compton Abbas was to the North East of me so orrf I set….
It was at about this time that the damn engine started making more smoke than a NAAFI full of Matelots on rough shag……….not good I thought remembering that Compton Abbas is at 812ft…….well faint heart ne’re won fair maid…..so orrf I went…..straight down like a ruddy brick…..last thing that went through my mind was a vision of a bally great donger………well when I came to I realised that by chance I had stuffed the prop right into the Cerne Abbas giants willy….
http://www.uk-airfields.co.uk/giant.html
Now I can tell you it’s a pretty impressive piece of kit……..no wonder that Maradonna person wants to live there….
Oh well, must fly TTFN
Sdn Ldr Handlebar