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Combat all happens so quickly, it鈥檚 difficult to describe. It鈥檚 almost instinctive, well it was for me anyway, and I think the main instinct is to make sure there鈥檚 nobody on your tail. It might be different for other pilots. A lot of these Aces were very good shots for a start. And that鈥檚 very difficult because you never get right behind them, they鈥檙e always coming from an angle. Some people were absolutely brilliant at it. But when I was doing it I was shooting at the machines, I didn鈥檛 like to think about the people inside.

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See also more of Peter Dawbarn's stories:

• Dawbarn meets the Germans
• 'It鈥檚 like riding a horse'
• Flippin' Heinkel 111
• Good Idea, Bad Idea
• A Close Encounter with the Equine Kind
• No Brakes And No Hydraulics, But It鈥檒l Fly!
• Peter Dawbarn's Other Exploits

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