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KENYA PILOT'S FEAT DARING ATTACK SUCCEEDS An audacious exploit with an "ancient" aeroplane became known through a letter from a member r-i the Kenya Defence Force to his brother in England. "We have had a very, very old aeroplane out here (its, maximum speed is about 60 miles an hour), which is used as a flying ambulance" he wrote. "The pilot and Avireless operator filled a 40-gallon oil drum with explosive, attached a fuse, and set off on a 'bombing laid' all on their own. The aeroplane is a old thing, so they had y 3Fn^cham"smoke all the way to keep a fire going for the fuse. ; "As they got r.car their objective, an Italian fort, they got their cigarettes well going and lit the fuse The pilot flopped down to 100 ft and said: 'Push it out, Jack.' "Jack accordingly pushed out the 'bomb.' "Lo and behold! if it didn't drop in the fort and roll up against the door. Then it went off and flattened the whole place to the ground. "This was done without the sanction of the Army, and the exploit would not have come out had not the pilot got a bullet through a leg on the way back and had to renort to hospital—whicn was bad luck!
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 117, 16 June 1941, Page 3
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