He was not going to let it get away. It was time to test the Mark IXs capabilities to the full. The war’s highest aerial combat was about to begin. ‘I jettisoned my 30 gallon external slipper tank, which was now empty, and had little difficulty in following him in the climb and getting about 200ft above the bomber. At this stage I remember telling myself: Take it easy, conserve your strength, keep icy calm. ‘The grey-blue Junkers seemed enormous and it trailed a long, curling condensation trail. It reminded me of a film I had once seen of an aerial view of an ocean liner ploughing through a
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