“HERE COMES THE R.A.F.”
"“DRINKS ON THE HOUSE.” FRENCH REFUGEE’S STORY. M. Charles Vallin, who recently escaped from France, where after being an ardent supporter of Marshal Petain he had been convinced of the nefarious activities of Petain and Darlan and had joined the de Gaullist movement, told British friends an anecdote of the occupation. When the sirens hooted their warning, the proprietor of a small bar closed his shutters and shouted to his customers: “Here comes the R.A.F. —the drinks are on the house, boys.” In the Paris underground, an old French gentleman was obsequiously offered his seat by a German officer. The old French gentleman icily declined, with the words: “Be seated. Monsieur, and don’t oblige me to remind you that here you are in my home.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 February 1943, Page 5
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129“HERE COMES THE R.A.F.” Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 February 1943, Page 5
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