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As the months go by things get a little more nasty,because now if a German shoots down a British plane, and British pilot is able to bale out of his plane  the Germans are now shooting up the pilot whilst he is comming down on his shute,so now a British plane will circle around him to keep the Germans off,but of course this means there are less of our planes  in the sky,for a few minuts,also it means that the plane protecting the pilot on the parachute is easy prey for a German fighter,My pals and myself look for cartridge cases from the bullets, and  my Dad makes lighters  out of them,we also collect the glass from any crashed planes or bombers,if we can and make rings and things from them.thats if we can get the bits of glass,there are a few wrecked planes that come down, and some of these are  parked at a garage down by the station in Sturry they have a few Spitfires and messersmitts parked there these planes are not too badly damaged,and will be collected  by I suppose a scrap lorry to be used as spare parts for other planes.you can see the bullet holes in them,sometime you can see the blood of whoever was shot up in them and if we ask, some of the soldiers who gaurd them will let us get into the cockpit,this is all very exciting because you can imagion what its like to be a pilot in one of them and see all the instruments and dials.