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Old 12-12-2010, 09:13 AM
JimmyBlonde JimmyBlonde is offline
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From Jack Torrence, 43 Squadron Hurricane II night intruder pilot.

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"Even with the flame shields over the exhaust, I found the flickering blue flames strangely comforting over the water but, once over the French coast, one felt very conspicuous in the night sky". His squadron colleague Morrie Smith makes the same point: "I felt that everyone for miles around could see the exhaust stubs glowing in the night, but the anti-glare cowlings protected the pilot's night vision from this glow".
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