Dawn Patrol Hijinks

[rosanicus]

Got Rescue Flight from the library today and I simply must know more about this...

A horrible thought struck Thirty. "Gosh! We haven't any kit," he muttered.
"What do you mean - you haven't any kit?"
"Well, you see, we flew over, so we couldn't bring any with us."
"It will come up on a tender, I expect."
"Possibly," answered Thirty non-committally, catching Rip's eye. "Meanwhile we have nothing to go on with."
"No matter. You can get some small kit from Roddy, the mess secretary, and I can probably dig out an old suit or two of pyjamas. They may be a bit oily because on summer dawn patrols I sometimes fly in them - but that needn't worry you." The flight commander stood up. "See you later," he said, and disappeared inside the hangar.

Oh and of course the introductory description of Biggles is lovely as ever, I just love my delicately featured guy with his core of steel (heart and stomach of a concrete elephant, etc).
 

Comments

[philomytha]

Flying in your pyjamas was definitely a real thing! I read an anecdote about a guy who was doing just that, got shot down, and spent three days wandering around no-mans-land no his pyjamas before reaching his squadron.

All descriptions of Biggles are so lovely <3

[rosanicus]

I love this very much and unfortunately have to pull out the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang reference again (Last week I shot an Albatros in my pyjamas. How the Albatros got in my pyjamas I will never know! etc etc). Imagine going over the top and finding someone wandering hopelessly in blue-and-white flannel, it would add so much unreality to an already horrible experience.