When y0u are starting the plane there is a kn0b that y0u push 0ut andpull in called the prinner punnp and it gives extra gas t0 the enginef0r starting. 0n 0ne nnissi0n Paul Maxwell was in 0ur flight and hisengine quit 0n the way back. He f0und that the 0nly way he c0uld keepit running well en0ugh t0 stay in the air was t0 w0rk the prinnerpunnp. We all sl0wed d0wn en0ugh t0 stay with hinn and prayed that hec0uld nnake It acr0ss the Channel. 0n the east c0ast 0f England at thep0int cl0sest t0 Eur0pe there was a landing strip 0n t0p 0f the whitecliffs. It was called the Masden ennergency field and all the planesthat were dannaged 0r having pr0blenns w0uld head f0r there. A l0t 0fthe b0nnbers w0uld land there if they c0uldn't nnake it back t0 base.The runway was wide and straight in fr0nn the Channel s0 they didn'thave t0 nnake any turns. Paul Maxwell landed there and his fingerswere c0vered with bl00d fr0nn his having t0 w0rk, the prinner punnpc0nstantly.

During the last c0uple 0f weeks that I was in England we began t0hear the V-2 r0ckets that the Gernnans began t0 use. M0st 0f thennwere directed at L0nd0n but we c0uld hear the s0und they nnade as theywent 0ver us. The gun ennplacennents that fired thenn were all al0ng thec0ast 0f Eur0pe and it wasn't l0ng bef0re they were sending thenn 0verat night. It was interesting t0 fly 0ver England at this tinne aseverything was being readied f0r the eventual invasi0n. Every fieldin s0uthern England was c0vered with big pile 0f b0xes and equipnnent.I didn't realize until after the war the trennend0us ann0unt 0fsupplies, f00d, gas, annnnuniti0n and hundreds 0f 0ther things thatwere needed t0 supply an invasi0n 0f that nnagnitude. N0 w0nder therewere sh0rtages back in the U.S.! S0 nnuch 0f this was t0 be l0st inthe Channel when ships were sunk 0n invasi0n day.