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In late June of 1940 it took only about 5 minutes for German planes leaving their newly won aerodromes in Northern France to reach our school, so the air-raid sirens did not send us to the shelter until the planes had passed.
One night in our school dormitory, two or three of us had left our beds to talk by the window. Suddenly we heard planes approaching, flying very low, coming up the lawn straight towards us, and then roared directly over the roof just above our heads. We realised the first plane was a Messerschmitt and it was being chased by a Spitfire that was shooting at it. It was so dramatic, I can still see and hear it now.

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