John Haworth Drewry Letters
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| − | myself dizzy after the "spin" because I had looked out to one side a little instead of looking straight down. I expect I'll become accustomed to it all in time and then will practice a few of them (the stunts) myself. This is quite necessary in scout flying as a good stunter can fool the other fellow and out maneuver him. A number of our boys have been sent to fly the big bombing machines-a much easier job but somehow I can't help being glad that I am to be a scout pilot for I think I could face a fighting Hun aviator with a | + | 6./ |
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| + | myself dizzy after the "spin" because I had looked out to one side a little instead of looking straight down. I expect I'll become accustomed to it all in time and then will practice a few of them (the stunts) myself. This is quite necessary in scout flying as a good stunter can fool the other fellow and out maneuver him. A number of our boys have been sent to fly the big bombing machines - a much easier job but somehow I can't help being glad that I am to be a scout pilot for I think I could face a fighting Hun aviator with a clearer conscience than I could drop bombs on German civilians in the cities they propose raiding in reprisal for the raids over in England. It seems a rotten method | ||
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| + | BC Archives, 93-6553 | ||
| + | Box 4 | ||
| + | DREWRY FAMILY | ||
| + | Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919. | ||
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myself dizzy after the "spin" because I had looked out to one side a little instead of looking straight down. I expect I'll become accustomed to it all in time and then will practice a few of them (the stunts) myself. This is quite necessary in scout flying as a good stunter can fool the other fellow and out maneuver him. A number of our boys have been sent to fly the big bombing machines - a much easier job but somehow I can't help being glad that I am to be a scout pilot for I think I could face a fighting Hun aviator with a clearer conscience than I could drop bombs on German civilians in the cities they propose raiding in reprisal for the raids over in England. It seems a rotten method
BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 DREWRY FAMILY Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.