PILOT FLIES THE NEWS HOME - Since the liberation of Paris, Air Information, pilots have been flying Hurricanes in and out of the city twice a day to bring war reporters' despatches to London. First Englishman to land in Paris was Flight Lieutenant "Chippy" Barclay, who put his Hurricane down in central Paris, on an airstrip far too small for ships of this type. He had previously made a reconnaissance to Le Bourget and found that German tanks were milling around the aerodrome. Barclay was standing by his plane when pressmen came rushing over straight from watching General de Gaull
PILOT FLIES THE NEWS HOME - Since the liberation of Paris, Air Information, pilots have been flying Hurricanes in and out of the city twice a day to bring war reporters' despatches to London. First Englishman to land in Paris was Flight Lieutenant "Chippy" Barclay, who put his Hurricane down in central Paris, on an airstrip far too small for ships of this type. He had previously made a reconnaissance to Le Bourget and found that German tanks were milling around the aerodrome. Barclay was standing by his plane when pressmen came rushing over straight from watching General de Gaulle's entry into Paris. He waited while they finished typing their despatches on the airstrip, took off with their copy at At , it was with the censors in London. Picture (issued 1944) shows - Flight Lieutenant "Chippy" Barclay. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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