A Polish R.A.F. pilot last week added another marginal note to the record of British understatement. He returned from the Rhineland with his Wellington riddled and four of his crew badly wounded. One lost a foot. "These men are so good," said the Pole after he had landed his flying sieve. "When they are hit they keep still. When I tell them I will get them back, one of them says, 'Hear, hear,' just like they do at public speakings."
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