As Major Stanhope and Captain Osborne entered the mess the young pilots sprang to attention.
"Is there any hope, uncle?", asked one.
Osborne, a deep frown set across his face, pushed tobacco into his pipe, "No. I'm sorry, gentlemen."
Stanhope drew breath. He wore no expression, but his eyes gave him away. "Listen up", he said, "Lowery – you are to join ‘B' flight as of tomorrow to even up the numbers".
Lowry nodded, "Yes, Sir."
"We'll be getting a new pilot in the morning", Stanhope continued, "I'll decide where he'll be assigned tomorrow."
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Another game, and 76 Squadron feels its first loss. Not the most interesting game, I'll be honest, and I think I was a bit unlucky, but c'est la guerre.
The British build up continues and has moved south to include all Betancourt sectors. I'm not sure if it's really worth trying to protect the Foudroyé sector, but I'll give it some thought. Fortunately for me, the fact that all the build up so far has been on the British side means that Henry has got his work cut out.
As Private Baldrick would say; "I have a cunning plan…"
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's first experience with 1:4800 scale naval models.
