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...most fun. About twelve Junkers type 88 bombers came in and, after losing two from anti-aircraft fire, were set on by some Hurricanes. As we climbed up to them we had the pleasure of seeing one dart past us, hotly pursued, large chunks falling off it and the starboard engine on fire. When we were at last in a position to attack there were only seven left, four in front and three behind. . . . We had a real field day making attack after attack-a few Me. 1095 turned up but did not hinder us. The Ju. 88s went down...
...Croix de Guerre man of World War I, who returned to duty last year out of retirement in Switzerland, turned four of his eight 6-inchers loose, and tried to close, full speed. He repeatedly hit the German, who had to turn and use her port batteries when the starboard ones were evidently disabled. But the German kept on running, being a raider, not supposed to stand and fight. She had much more foot than the Carnarvon Castle's 17 knots and so, behind smoke screens, she escaped; but not before she showed signs of settling somewhat...
...Almost at the same moment as we bombed I felt a thump, and the aircraft lurched to the right. A pom-pom shell had gone through the starboard wing. Then another shell hit the same wing between the fuselage and the engine. They were firing pretty well at point-blank range. It was all over in a few seconds. The navigator called out. 'O.K. finish.' Then we turned away...
Staten Island is a broad, semi-rusticky borough (Richmond) in New York Harbor, 57 square miles of suburb off the starboard beam of the Statue of Liberty. It is dotted with Dutch names like New Dorp, Kill van Kull, factories, and about 100 real farms. At least one of its 160,000 residents is nationally famed. He is hoary, old Poet Edwin Markham (The Man with the Hoe, Lincoln, the Man of the People), now an enfeebled, house-ridden codger...
...before the sea had come aboard the promenade deck, and afterwards a few more had managed to get in from the boat deck. The lifeboat itself was eventually freed from the ship and stood a good chance of safety. But as the Yorkshire sank she listed heavily to starboard and this lifeboat was capsized by the funnel, and we believe that the occupants were drawn down it by the inrush of water...