Category: 1940/12
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December 27th 1940 – Assam
On Christmas Eve had a few drinks with Kenwoods down the road. Christmas they came here for supper. Uncle Stan opens a bottle of wine and there is laughter and much ado about nothing. I spend my time shooting vultures, or so it seems, and they always seem to roost in the same trees so […]
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December 24th 1940 – Assam
Assam – Had a pleasant trip up and breakfast on the Bramaputra again. Panbarry (Panbari) much the same, only so hot and much damper. Absence of “Who are you?” birds (JDW: see entry of his previous visit to Assam). The Winchester is going damn well, as by chance I arrived at a position in the […]
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December 9th 1940
My slow rolls get worse and worse – I stick on my back and even Jones can’t see why. My knee gets jammed up against the petrol pump by the stick at times, when she is right over to the right, and I don’t think that helps much. Have half an hour solo, about two […]
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December 1st 1940
Well. “Red Hot” has shown us loops, rolls and half rolls, but apart from loops, the others get worse every time I practise them. I’m flying the Tiger quite a lot but even so these bloody rolls are the bane of my life. The other day Jones produces his Rocket Loop, and bloody well blacks […]
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