In the middle of all this confusion, the thought came to me that those Mustang aircraft were very handsome machines. They were polished metal, and the metal caught the light from the East as they flew off. I was envious that the Allies had such superb machines. We could see on their wings the American star, and one of our young lads shouted out that these planes had flown across the ocean from America. We cursed him for being so stupid, but it shows you how simple-minded some of our troops were, that they could think this was possible.
