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Night Crossing,
by Robert Bailey
A Dornier 217 of KG¬2 overflies a railway station somewhere in southern
England during the early part of WWII. A British officer's wife is seeing
him off at the station as they take their dog for a stroll. Troops wait on
the platform for the train, which is just pulling in. A group of airmen jump
off a truck and head across the line to entrain. Suddenly, the German bomber
screams overhead, racing for home after having bombed a target earlier in
the night. The ground trembles with its engines, and you can imagine the
shock and surprise of the people on the ground. Another dramatic, fleeting
moment in the titanic struggle of war.
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