A. Stewart MacDonald D.F.C., MD. C..M.

night I called up, saying that there should be a river below and he said, ”I can see the Rhine below with the moon shining on the water.” I said the same at the French and English coasts. The Pilot said I was “right on” tonight. When the bombs dropped, a picture of the target markers were taken that was not exact. We had to take a picture

of the I‘IZS1 which shows the town - not much chance of dropping bombs in the wrong place - this was along with about five other things to do at the same time. The Lasagne equipment took a bearing on towns far in the distance

- one was in Africa. I never got lost enough to bother with it - I classed it along with a star shot which I never used

on a mission, as we were supposed to stay three miles from track and I felt that, after freezing my head out of the plane, I would be out more than three miles. Speaking of G., we were supposed to eat the rice paper the code was on. When the Germans came over England, there was a red flasher on the code machine and we would have to change the reading - only once I had to root around, get the paper code, but by the time I could use it, the flasher went off. One time, supposedly by mistake, the change of the code and fix supposed to be Lasagne, was set over Ireland. With the Irish helping the Germans, it sort of cooled them down. I don't think any planes landed back in Germany, as they ran out of gas and many went down in the channel.

When we returned to base we were treated to a meal of bacon and eggs which were only given to aircrew. Strange to say; the Padre poured rum into our coffee. One time I turned my head to speak to someone, whether by mistake or not, I held the cup too long. Shortly after sitting down, the room started to go in circles. I asked the one next to me, ”Where is the door?" But shortly, being a

1. H25, an electronic device used on bombing operations, to identify a relatively small target.

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