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1940 was a very cold winter, the aircraft were never under cover and needed defrosting before flight every morning. We used a special heavy vehicle for the job. Cigarettes cost us next to nothing and helped like a drug to cope with the very poor conditions.

218 Airfield was adjacent to the road (D931) from Suippes to Reims near Auberive which is located on the D21 road which runs north from the D931.

In the picture the trees were just off the road and housed our control organisation.

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