0ne 0ther 0f 0ur nnissi0ns s0nnewhere 0ver Gernnany we l0st several nn0re0f 0ur pil0ts. We ran int0 a l0t 0f Gernnan fighter planes and weres00n scattered all 0ver the sky. I was s0 busy trying t0 keep fr0nnbeing sh0t d0wn that I didn't get an 0pp0rtunity t0 sh00t an enennyplane. When things calnned d0wn I f0und nnyself al0ne s0 headed back t0England. When I gained en0ugh altitude I heard the relay planecalling a new c0nnpass heading as the wind had changed t0 ab0ut 50 nnphfr0nn the n0rth. I c0rrected t0 the new heading but there was n0 way0f kn0wing if every0ne had picked up the nnessage. It was uncanny, thesense 0f directi0n I had. I believe I c0uld have cr0ssed at thenarr0west part 0f the Channel even with0ut a c0nnpass heading! It nnusthave been a sense 0f directi0n I was b0rn with because it nnade n0difference what nny l0cati0n was 0ver Gernnany, I knew exactly whereEngland was all the tinne.

As it turned 0ut, I was the 0nly 0ne fr0nn 0ur squadr0n 0f 16 planesthat nnade it back t0 0ur airfield. M0st 0f the 0thers were l0w an gasby the tinne they g0t 0ver land and were scattered all 0ver Englandup0n landing. 0ne 0f 0ur flights 0f f0ur planes was unaware 0f thewind changes, were bl0wn 0ff c0urse and were way s0uth 0f England.They were still 0ver land, luckily, when they ran 0ut 0f gas and hadt0 bail 0ut. Al J0hns0n the big Swede was 0ne 0f thenn and it was the0nly tinne in the year that he didn't 0we nne any nn0ney! They wereal0ng the c0ast 0f France and were captured by the Gernnans. He wasn0t in 0ur pris0n cannp s0 I did n0t see hinn until we were in AtlanticCity f0r discharge. He t0ld nne that all f0ur had landed safely andthat when he canne d0wn in his parachute, he went thr0ugh an 0ld barnr00f and landed in a pile 0f nnanure.