RAF PILOTS' ROVING COMMISSION OF DESTRUCTION :SMASHING THE FRENCH RAILWAYS - (Picture issued 1942) RAF pilots known as "night intruders" have a roving commission. They concentrate on smashing the French railway system. Every engine they can blow up or disable causes delay to war supplies and disrupts organisation. Small factories, and transport on roads are among their sidelines. Their main purpose is to be a general nuisance to the enemy. [Their Wing Commander's private income is mostly tied up in French railways, and every time another engine is chalked up on the score board he says "Blast!
RAF PILOTS' ROVING COMMISSION OF DESTRUCTION :SMASHING THE FRENCH RAILWAYS - (Picture issued 1942) RAF pilots known as "night intruders" have a roving commission. They concentrate on smashing the French railway system. Every engine they can blow up or disable causes delay to war supplies and disrupts organisation. Small factories, and transport on roads are among their sidelines. Their main purpose is to be a general nuisance to the enemy. [Their Wing Commander's private income is mostly tied up in French railways, and every time another engine is chalked up on the score board he says "Blast! There goes another 5 franc dividend"] Two night intruder crews being briefed. [Note - All notes on blackboard are"mock"] Royal Air Force
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