The Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-02-03, Page 7WEI?NESDAY, FEB. 3rd, 19'60
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PAGE SEVEN
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Let me tell you about the . Ty-
phoon. No, ; Aunt Elsie, the Ty-
phoon. is nota big Wind in the
south seas, ;In fact, it is nothing
but a memory. Not a sweet, ten-
/ler ,memory, but a strong, pun-
gent. one.
ungent..one.
* * .
This memory was stirred and
.wafted by an' article in• Mac
Lean's . Magazine called Breakout
at Falaise, a' story of the . Cana-
dians' war in Normandy, .circa
.the middle of August, 1944. With
the article were several pictures
painted by • war . artists; One of
them . showed Typhoonfighter-
bombers strafing a German. col-
umn. It was like seeing an old
friend, and I ,studied the gree -
some " thing with 'delight..
The Typhoon :was a big, .ugly
aircrakt, 'built. like the proverbial.
brick •'backhouse. It took 'off like
a• pregnant pelican and • landed
•with ..'the grace . of a : stovelid: If
the Spitfire handled like• a dain
ty. racing :mare,` the Typhoon was,
like 'a , great , cavalry 'charger, ,al'-,
ways :fighting' for the :'bit.
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CULROSS . CORNERS
Relatives and friends . attended
the ' ;, funeral of the: •,. late
Charles, .Wall in Kincardine . on
'Wednesda The communit ex
.Y y,
tends • .';deepest :sympathy : to• the;
relatirves '-• especially to his
p y
mother, Mrs ..Mary. Wall' .(Grand -
i i
ma)' who •is a patient in Wing-.
• ham' Hospital
Mrs,: Frank '• ;Brown 'and'. Reg
'spent Wednesday evening; with
Mr. , and Mrs. James,. Wraith'_ and
.visited: on.. Friday • evening at the
home of. Mr. • and Mrs. ; Morley
Wall. 'and .family..
• Mrs. Ethel Wilson`' and Mr:
William Kidd, Toronto, 'have
been visiting at'.the. home of the.
Wilson :Brothers. . -They attended
the funeralofher brother. the
late Charles Wall, Kincardine.
' Mr.. and Mrs. ,John.Schurnach.=
er :'' ,.and Charlie .Edgar ` spent
Sunday with ,Mr. and ..Mrs: .Don
Robertson' .and farnily, ' G,eorge
town. ••
Mr.- and : Mrs: James Wraith
were Sunday ` visitors with; ,Mr.:
and Mrs. Robert Stobo. and ..fam-
'ily,:21 d con. ,
Mrs. Frank . Brown , and Reg,
visited Sunday with:. 'Mr.: and
Mrs , Albert Shelton, Parkhill. •
. OnSaturday the Club girls,.
met at ' the -home of Mrs. : R. Ac
keit, Holyrood
But in. the air ;it had the bite
and' balance of• a Viking's battle-
axe, the . deadliness of an English
yeoman's longbow, and the •dash
'and striking power of a modern
motor torpedo: boat.
• * :*
-In: World War II, the: Typhoon ..
was used 'in the ,role of cavalry,
to hit the enemy. hard ` and often;
andfrom all 'directions, to smash.
him -when. he ':was • stubborn, ,:and
when
.:him, without. mercy..
when he . was on the • run. A
Squadron. of Typhoons had the
mobility and "force of a 'squadron
of. cavalry , in the ,days, of Crorn=
Phone" 32 Lucknow •
"YOUR .FRIENDLY IDA :DRUGGIST"
Spitfires'. were' desolate when we
were, posted to :Typhoon ' squad-
rons. The Spitfire was -the ulti-
mate in the simple :ambitions of
a fighter pilot:: The • Typhoon was
a sort . of ugly duckling with a
not too savoury "reputation.
ISPOUNT
ON' ALL
•
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Think Lmbragging, do you?
Not a bit of it.- When'.. the'tionp s�
were in trouble, when the tanks`
were 'held, up by a nest of 88's,
when `the•.. infantry was being
"belted Eby a nasty lot of mortars,
somebody would holler, for :.the.
Typhoons A flightof eight could.
be airborne 'and. plastering the
trouble' spot with bombs. or rock-
ets :within minutes.
• But 'we soon 'grew attached • to
the ' big, ill-inanered 'brutes,' : as
:one does to a strong and willing
'mongrel . We ; revelled ' in diving
in -the field just a few miles be-
hind ' the lines','" and .looked, With.
some 'scorn. on the Spitfire :boys.
who returned to .:tea in the 'mess'
after .an operation.. We:decided
we, . were ' winning •trhe • . wa.r, and
the Spits were only for glamour" •
1 boys We . went 'so'' far,,• in • some
ases; ., as to,=l.a'bel.. them'' the• cavi-
'; lan air• , force "
'Several hundred young , Cana -
I've `never seen ' it . from theground, 4but: those •: Who have - tell.
the that :when •''a' flight of 'Ty-.
phoons', attacked,, the;, :'sight' and
sound were, incredible.. Down out .
of ,•nowhere, they'd come,. motors -
snarling, cannoncracking, until'
the moment the bombs. arid :roc
leets were' released; vuhen. they'd ,
leap; into the air` like. silver' darts,
While all hell :broke. loose where.
they'd' struck.
* .* *.
• • . There is only.. oney type around
who has more respect for the, Ty- '
phoon ' than the , pilot • whO flew
one, He .is the infantry soldier.
who .Was. baled. out of a hot spot
by 'the 'timely arrival, of a flight •
of Typhoons, Once' a year •I meet
one such. He's a .Weekly editor
who was a lowly foot=slogger. .•
with' the Canadians. And every
year, he '.buys ne' a very expen-
„sive dinner, riot because lie/likes '
• .any, °big bine eyes, but because
he has, an abiding gratitude for,
the Typhoon' and its ex -jockeys..
•.*..* •
There were bigger aircraft and
better• ones, httt :there • 'wasn't
anything taugherthan: the old
Typhoon, Twice 'I ' was hit by
shells that, would have torn the
whole wing off a less, rugged air-
craft. All they did was jolt my•
old bird,,. and put a hole the size
of a -watermelon in the wing,
The last time I flew one, a bat,
tered, old relic called S. for Sam;.
it . was shot through the heart,
type of job they did produced a
high casualty .rate. But any pil-
ot who completed a.• tour of ops
on Typhoonscan look any man
in the eye. Some . of them can
even look their- wives in ,,the eye..
It `Would be as' faalish to: write
a sentiniental • : •ode to '• the . Ty-
'phoon as it 'would be • to compose
a lyric to a locomotive,. but I'm.
glad. I got ' .these fond, 'Words
written . before my old, friend is..
`consigned to the. dust -gathering
statistics; : of a forgotten • war;,
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