An0ther tinne when 0ur flight was returning 0n instrunnents as the0vercast was s0 thick, we canne d0wn t0 1000 feet and br0ke 0ut t0find 0urselves 0ver L0nd0n with the barrage ball00ns all ar0und us.They were ball00ns that had a steel cable hanging d0wn fr0nn thenn t0prevent enenny planes fr0nn flying l0w 0ver the city. We pulled up fastand were lucky t0 get 0ut 0f there in a hurry with0ut being hit by0ne 0f thenn.

0ne 0ther nnissi0n when I was c0nning back al0ne I g0t 0ver an areawhere the flak was heavy--bursting all ar0und nne s0 that the sky wasblackened with shells. I realized than that I was directly 0ver theRuhr Valley which was the industrial center 0f Gernnany. It washeavily defended and n0rnnally all nnissi0ns were r0uted ar0und thisarea. I flew all the way acr0ss the area and had t0 use a l0t 0fevasive acti0n, including changing 0f altitude When flak bursts inthe air it nnakes a black puff 0r cl0ud-and there were th0usands 0fthenn sh0t up at nne. It did nnake nne feel g00d t0 think 0f all theshells they wasted and what it c0st just t0 sh00t at nne!