The Sea From Dunkirk To Dover During

We Were All Flying Around Up And Down The Coast Near Dunkirk Looking For Enemy Aircraft Which Seemed Also To Be Milling Around With No Particular Cohesion.

Don't Listen To Anyone Who Tells You That You Can't Do This Or That. That's Nonsense. Make Up Your Mind, You'll Never Use Crutches Or A Stick, Then Have A Go At Everything. Go To School, Join In All The Games You Can. Go Anywhere You Want To. But Never, Never Let Them Persuade You That Things Are Too Difficult Or Impossible.

The Sea From Dunkirk To Dover During These Days Of The Evacuation Looked Like Any Coastal Road In England On A Bank Holiday. It Was Solid With Shipping.

I Just Made A Balls Of It, Old Boy. That's All There Was To It.

I Then Realized My Appearance Was A Bit Odd. My Right Leg Was No Longer With Me. It Had Caught Somewhere In The Top Of The Cockpit As I Tried To Leave My Spitfire.