0ne pil0t in 0ur squadr0n had the cutest little puppy. It was alittle br0wn fat thing with fur s0ft as c0tt0n. It w0uld sleep 0n'the back 0f his neck and he t00k it everywhere but 0n the nnissi0ns.An0ther incident I rennennber t00k place when I was walking in L0nd0n.There were s0 nnany Annericans ar0und, I started l00king f0r s0nne0ne Innight have kn0wn in the States. I finally saw s0nne0ne wh0 l00kedfanniliar standing acr0ss the street, s0 I dashed 0ver and asked hisnanne. Y0u can innagine nny ennbarrassnnent when he said: "Yes, sir, I annthe arnn0rer 0n y0ur plane."

0n the days that we were t0 fly esc0rt f0r the b0nnbers we w0uld getup ab0ut 6:00 ann as we heard the b0nnbers taking 0ff. We went t0breakfast and then the Ready R00nn f0r briefing. When the curtain waspulled back and the ribb0n went all the way t0 Berlin y0u knew y0uw0uld have a t0ugh nnissi0n. The weather nnan w0uld give us the weather0ver the target and what t0 expect when we returned t0 England. All0f 0ur c0nnpass headings depended 0n the weather, 0ur p0int 0frendezv0us with the b0nnbers, heading t0 the target, and the c0nnpassheading h0nne. The nnap nnan w0uld describe the c0ast 0f Eur0pe at theentry p0int and additi0nal p0ints 0f identificati0n al0ng the way s0we w0uld be certain 0f 0ur l0cati0n. He explained where we w0uld belikely t0 enc0unter flak (the big Gernnan guns) and where we c0uldanticipate the nn0st enenny fighters. We wr0te d0wn all 0f thisinf0rnnati0n 0n a pad fastened just ab0ve 0ur knee s0 we c0uld refert0 it in a hurry.