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...catwalk of the bomb bay and started knocking the bombs loose. As the last one dropped away, Gibbens skidded on the leaking hydraulic fluid and fell. With a frantic, one-handed clutch he caught hold of a bomb rack, slowly and painfully pulled himself back to safety as other crewmen came up to help...
...early morning, but Ottawa's Union Station was already jammed. The mayor was there with an air vice marshal, an Air Force band, a crowd of excited relatives. Some 200 Canadian airmen, from humble ground crewmen to two of Canada's top aces, were coming home after long tours overseas...
Like many another Allied expert, Percy Nelles apparently was convinced that, despite the recent success of antisub measures in the Atlantic, the morale of the German crewmen in the dangerous, uncomfortable undersea service is showing no sign of cracking...
...Islanders. The Royal Navy, which has borne the brunt of the successful antisubmarine war, has lost 41,000 officers and men-just over 30% of its pre-war strength. British airmen in the R.A.F., until now carrying on the main attack against Germany, have lost 38,300 pilots and crewmen killed, 10,400 missing...
...Glory. The hail of German fire and depth charges made escape impossible. Lieuts. Basil C. G. Place and Donald Cameron got their crewmen out and scuttled their funny little boats. Most of them are now prisoners of war in Germany...