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Story of the R..C,A,F,
Bi SE1MOU1t ROBERTSON copyright 1962'
88th INSTALMENT
The Birmingham Express which
]eft Paddington at midnight and
was scheduled to reach Byford at
le le'
theSQ i
morning (a du
lea in m
three 8
if seldom. kept to in wartime) car-
ried so few passengers that Gray-
don had a compartment all to
Iiimself. Stretched out full»length
on, the seat, he half -dozed most of
the journey, while he ran over the
events of the past 24 hours,
It was Bard to realize that so
much had happened en this, the
most eventful day since his ar-
rival overseas and one which,
thanks to the self-denying gener-
osity of the little ATS girls, had
been capped by the enjoyment of
a sparkling comedy seen in Barb-
ara's company, And the evening's
climax was but the foretaste of
pleasanter • times to come. For
when he next visited Halebridge
there would be no need forre-
tense or deception. Also, he told
imself with some complacency,
not once all evening had Barbara
entioned Lieutenant Bill Brand
horn of the Royal Canadian Navy!
At his desk next morning he
was telling Corporal Robinson
some details of the investiture
ceremonywhen Wing -Commander
Braithwaite rang through to ask
ow many crews were ready for
ediate operations.
"I'm sure of four, sir.,"'Jack an-
w eyed. "Perhaps five."
"Slip across and see me. Bring
e Final Training Reports with
ou," the Chief Instructor direct -
;'It looks like four, sir," he said,
he entered Braithwaite's of-
ice, "I'm not sure of Warrant-
fficer Gunn's crew—"
"Gunn's o.k. He's flying this
orning, That'll finish him. But
e Old Man wants six, perhaps
en. What about` Sergeant
'letcher?"
Graydon studied once more the
milled memo in his hand.
quadron-Leader Watkins' report
as curiously contradictory. What
earth did the flight -commander
can when he wrote that Flet -
her "had bags of grif but could
et cope?"
On reading the report, Braith-
ite declared that Watkins was
eless clot ,a clueless type and a
loody fool into the bargain, ad -
that, despite his own praise-
worthy operational record, he
hadn't the slightest idea of the
way to get the best results from
hispupils.
" „
I couldn't agree more,"
said but that doesn't help
much, Fletcher has an excellent
nt
crew."
"Too right! About the best on
the station. MacLaren's his navi:
gator, isn't he? Macs all right
now that he's quit binding and
started to work. And they don't
come any better than the French-
Canadian bomb-aixner, Both of
them commissioned, eh? Flying
with a sergeant skipper. Do you
s'pose that makes any difference,
mn
Jolue? "Ex-
cept
Jack said slowly. that they're inclined to tell
young Fletcher how to do his job
occasionally, He tries hard en-
ough."
"Teo hard maybe. He's a high-
strung little beggar, I see he's
down for a cross-countrytomor-
row. Better get up with him
yourself. "I'll pull Dufresne out
and you go as second dick. I can't
hold up a crew this good and I
don't want to switch pilots at this
late date."
"Right!" the. Chief Instructor
rose from his chair with an air of
finality. "That should do it. Throw
the whole book at him. Comein
on the satellite airfield and if he
can set down on Number Two
runway without breaking all your
necks he's ready?"
Graydon nodded assent. His own
opinion, formed after the careful
watch he had kept on Fletcher's
work for the past fortnight, was
the same as Braithwaite's. The
boy's troubles were mental, not
technical... Desperately anxious to
make good, he was at heart a
worrier. Lacking neither know-
ledge nor skill, he was a prey to
nerves and possessed too great a
tendency to draw into himself.
Also, he showed some diffidence
in the handling of his crew, but
then MacLaren was not the eas-
iest man to control and 'Frenchy'
Dufresne was almost as temper-
amental.
The five-hour exercise was run
off as planned and when, late the
following afternoon, Fletcher
made a perfect landing on the
short runway of the satellite
drome, Graydon was fully satis-
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feed with itis'iet-farrliance, Sub,
jetted tie every test his mentor'
could think nk of, the y ung
1i o f
had aeanitted himself adini-l. pilot
A. few more night .hours end he
would be as proficient as anyone
at Midlands. Jack knew Many
less competent who were already
on operations, Meanwhile, he de-
cided that a .blunt word to Mac -
Laren and Dufresne would not be
amiss.
It might be that no extra fly -
Mg was needed for it was already
dark when they came in on the
and Flet-
cher
far.1 t
7.i w at d I'
main runway a
cher set down his machine with
all the coolness and ' precision 9C a
veteran, Seldom had raydo n ea
perienced a smoother landing
along the flare-path. r
He reported to the Chief In»
sta°uctor that he would pass Flet-
cher as fit far operations. Then
after dinner, he drew the Caned-
ian navigator and bomb-aimer to
a secluded corner of the ante-
room. The remarks he addressed
to thein were brief and pungent.
Yet why, Jack asked himself as
he prepared for bed, was the
Chief Instructor so anxious to.
pass out six crews in such haste?
The order had come from the Sta-
tion Commander, of course, and
Group Captain Harmon was the
sort to keep his own counsel,
There was something big nn-
pending.
Three days later all senior
crews at Midlands were summon-
ed for a special briefing. All day
the OTU had been rife with per-
sistent rumors and when Wing -
Commander Braithwaite, accomp-
anied by the Senior Navigation
Officer, entered the briefing -
room the buzz of conversation
ceased with dramatic suddenness.
It was to be a "special exercise"
undoubtedly, but of what nature?
The Chief Instructor began
quietly enough.
"O.K. chaps. Sit down. We've
a new sort of do on this time. It
will be interesting, I• promise you.
Right, Nav! Let's all have a screw
at your map.
He stood aside to allow the
other to draw back a screen and
to reveal a map big enough to
cover one entire wall of the brief-
ing -room, It was a large-scale
map. A broad river was shown
clearly in the centre of it. Cer-
tainly it was not the Thames!
Braithwaite, with a long pointer
in his hand; turned to it.
"Your target for tonight is ---
Cologne!" •
A low whistle of excitement ran
through the gathering. This was
no exercise. This was the real
thing. At last! The whistle was
followed by a babble of talk which
Braithwaite, enough of a psy-
chologist to realize that the ten-
sion demanded some relief, did not
try to suppress at once. It was a
full minute before he raised a
hand for silence.
"Right! Now, settle down.
Cologne. Aiming Point Y. Got
it?" He indicated the -spot with
his pointer, "There -•- along the
river. That's the marshalling
yards the freight tracks—for you
lads who speak a different sort of
English—,
"Your
nglish--
"Your job is to prang them with
all you've got, There'll be more
than a thousand bombers going
out tonight, with bags of fighter
escort. So it ought to be a very
big show. If you do your stuff
the way you've been taught here
you'll come out topside. Now,
listen—"
He went into meticulous detail
while he talked of heights, tracks
and times. He spoke much more
slowly than was his wont and
there was no need to raise his
voice above an ordinary conver-
sation pitch. The gathering was
so hushed and still each man could
hear his neighbor's breathing. The
navigating officer, who followed
Braithwaite, talked of distances,
of courses, of wind currents. He
replied to some questions which
the more inquisitive (or more
vocal) ventured to ask and con-
cluded by requesting all navigat-
ors to meet him at the close of
the session. He gave place to the
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Hello Homemakers -to -be! You.
be challenged .
w111 sawn.
to serye
food to suit your man's taste in
every dish. No doubt your plain
cheese sandwiches and chocolate
cake has delighted him when serv-
ed after the show, but the bride.
must fry bacon without frizzling
it, cook eggs only until tender and
at the sante time, watch the toast
and coffee and set the table.
Leftovers will also be a problem
unless small-scale recipes are
used, even then, you will value
ways of dressing up ordinary
dishes with leftover soups, vege-
tables and other refrigerator
treasures.
Homemakers never cease learn-
ing new ways and perfecting old
methods.
TAKE A TIP
1. For breakfast: Start cocking
bacon on medium or low heat
(never high), Then place strips
on a paper serviette as soon as
fat has lost its white color,
Keep bacon in oven of 200 de-
grees while eggs are being cook-
ed in covered pan on low. Cof-
fee may be percolated using
warm water from the tap if it
is perked only two minutes for
four cups. By the way, set the
table the night before; also pre-
pare cereal and fruit juice. Pour
juice in serving glasses if it can
be covered with .aluminum fail
and stored in electric refriger-
ator.
2. For lunch: Heat soup; make a
hearty sandwich and serve on a
plate along with tossed green
salad and a pickle. For dessert,
serve fresh fruit (diced pine-
apple) with cookies, prune whip,
sliced bananas or ace cream.
3, For dinner: Select oven meals if
you have an electric range. One
example is Braised Steak,
Creamed Onions, Baked Potat-
oes and Rhubarb Crisp, If you
worry about food boiling over
place baking dish in a layer
cake tin and pour hot water
around food being baked. Do
this with oven glassware as well
as other baking dishes.
4. Garnishes always make dishes
more attractive if used sparing-
ly . and neatly. A sprig of cool,
clean parsley, watercress, cel-
ery top wedge of tomato, or
slice of pickle always go on
main course casserole or meat
platter,
5. Toppings for dessert should not
be neglected, A cherry, a cut
marshmallow, a teaspoon of
whipped cream, a sprinkle of
cocoanut add glamour to milk
puddings, jellied desserts or
plain cake.
6. May we remind you to make
some of the preparations for
dinner immediately following
lunchSomeone is sure to
overstay their call on the bride
ian who, for ten minutes, spoke of
nothing but weather.
Then Braithwaite, rising again,
turned to the Station Commander.
"I think the lads would appre-
ciate a word from you, sir,"
(To be continued)
11I(ll i', I 1,
during the afternoon.
Braised Stuffed Steal
I Ib, round steak
2/3 cup bread crumbs
2 tbsps. minced onions
tok
1 tsp. poultry seasoning
r tsp. pelt
re '
2 lisps. s o tning
Wipe steak with damp cloth,
then poundwith the.potato mash-
er. Combine remaining ingred-
ients for dressing and spread over
steak, roll up and tie in shape,
Add 1/4 inch of water to roast
pan or casserole. Cover and bake
in electric oven of $50 degrees for
1%s hours, Serves two,
Spareribs in Tomato Sauce
1 lb. spareribs
2 tsps, shortening
1 small onion, diced
% can tomato soup
1 tsp, Worcestershire Sauce
1/1, cup water
Cut spareribs into two portions,
brown in the shortening in a
heavy pan. Season with salt and
pepper, Add onion, soup, sauce
and water, cover closely and sim-
mer over low heat for one hour.
Serves two. •
Broiled Veal Patties
a lb. minced veal
1 cup mashed potatoes
1 tsp, minced celery
3, tsp. salt
pinch of cayenne
1 egg yolk
lemon juice or parsley
er foil together at top, then twist
or fold over Pace one. or threo.
apples on Mall ei
etric *lomat
turned to position three and bake
25 minutes'.
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Send in year Suggestions on homee
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HENSALL
rounding municipalities to .tri in
with them,
Constable g. R. Davis reported
re complaints on speeding .on ding
Street stating he had contacted
the Provincial pace and tela,
they would co-operate with hien in
stopping the swine:
J. A. Peterson reported�the tax
arrears as being $458.88, and stat-
ed that only ten dog Iicences had
been secured So far. The tax Col-
lector was instructedto return
the Ji52 tax arrears et six delin-
quent tax payers as uncollected
to -tlecount treasurer for
collec-
tion. The constable wasnsruc-
ed to >;roceed to collect at once
the dog tax from all those in
arrears..
Petmission was granted L,
P,utnpocl to operate the service
station at King Street and High -
'ay 4. Permission was granted
F. C. Kalbfleiseh and Son Ltd.,
to erect a service station at the
corner of Queen Street and high-
way 4, the operator to apply for
permit to operate the same.
Lcv,v of the Ausauble River
Conservation Authority hi the
amount of $494.26 was ordered
Paid,
The matter of appointing, a fire
chief was considered in view of
the (eming resignation of Fire
Chief Ed kink. The Reeve was
to contact B. A. Kyle, re same.
United ()bends iv
ur is1 � A!nA e s
lir
i'y
Anniversary services will be ob-
served in 1 ensall United Church
on Sunday, June 7, Magistrate
Groom, Tiilsonburg, will be guest
speaker at the morning service;
in the evening, Rev, H. Dickenson,
Goderich, will deliver the address.
A special musical program is be-
ing prepared, under the direction
of S. Ronnie, choir leader, and
Miss Greta Laramie, organist.
Council Meeting •
Council meeting was held Mon-
day, May 4. A delegation con-
sisting of J. Drysdale and D, Cook
appeared from the Chamber of
Commerce regarding a celebration
for Coronation Day, The Reeve
stated lie had been in contact
with T. Pooley, reeve of Exeter
and he was informed that the
RCAF Centralia were putting on
a Day and were asking the sur -
Combine veal, potatoes, celery,
salt, cayenne and egg yolk. Shape
mixture into flat round patties
and chill, With tooth picks, se
cure strips of bacon around pat-
ties, Broil eight minutes on each
side.
Broiled Meal: Turn a half can
of green string beans into a heat-
ed broiler pan, Arrange cooked
whole carrots on rack alongside
the veal patties, Brush carrots
with shortening. Place pan in oven
with top element on broil or high.
Adjust the shelf so that the top of
meat and vegetables is at least
two inches from electric element.
Turn meat and carrots in eight
minutes. Broil sliced bananas en
sliced bread for dessert during
last eight minutes.
The Question Box
lIrs. G. C. asks: Is it necessary
to blanch asparagus before pack-
aging to freeze?
Answer; If trimmed asparagus
is scalded one minute, then chilled
in running water for two minutes
it sets the color"and removes any
particles of dirt. Package in
moisture vaporproof boxes for
freezing. Remember that freezing
does not sterilize foods.
Mrs. H. C. asks: Should the
rhubarb skin be removed before
making into jam or jelly?
Answer: No. It is not necessary
to remove skin of fresh cut rhu-
barb.
Mrs. F. M. asks; Can you tell us
again about making apples on top
of electric element?
Answer: Peel around the top of
a baking apple, then core and add
sugar, nutmeg and a daub of but-
ter. Place apple on a 12 -inch
square of aluminum foil and gath-
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