Item 04: G. O. Hawkins letters to his family, 2 January 1915-November 1917 - Page 247
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"Yes, they are, I'll give him that credit", murmurs Morrison as he strains his weak eyes to see
"They are painted with aluminium" explains the Corporal.
"It makes them damned hard to see" says Jim, "and thats where Frtiz scores again"
"Crack-Ping"
Such is what on hears
Now what do we see?
Just a sky picture, simple and clear; with something of charm and fascination and beauty in it
The German aeroplanes, like white swallows soar at such an altitude that they disappear from sight at times, as the sunbeams, with a touch; weld them into the great mass of blue silver above.
Our battle-planes much lower, but gradually winding upwards are dark and distance resembling hawks with moveless outspread pinions and at the same time in grotesque opposition to such resemblance suggesting