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But the real reason she won’t tell them Käthe Habicht’s name is because she knows that if I landed safely it is the only identity I have

The photographer works ‘for the ene over the European Continent carry a couple of photographs in their eency kit, just in case they’re shot down and need fake ID Buttaken by an official Gestapo-erapher! One of his other jobs is developing enlarged pictures of ht some of the prints to show us I hi fastener of his cardboard folder, then slide free the glossy paper – paper destined for the desk of the Gestapo captain in Orers of cool air touch your wings, as the storins to catch up with you This is how close I arapher could hand lish, ‘Not nice to look at’

Theit wasmy clothes, bone and leather fused into the shattered cockpit ina pale outline on the sunken wreck of the breastbone There was a blown-up detail of the ghostly wings, just the wings – you couldn’t tell it was an ATA crest in particular

I didn’t like it Why focus on the pilot’s badge – just … Why?

‘What is this for?’ I asked I could just about raphs?’

‘There is an English airrapher explained ‘They want to show him these pictures, ask him questions about them’

They shot down a British boet swarht, and so Italy since the Allied invasion last s are really hotting up We’re too far froht direction But you can see the sky flashing when the gunners on the ground fire at the passing planes

That was s, trying to figure it out It’s the least horrific of the pictures of the fake pilot, but it’s the one that disturbed me the most Finally I looked up at Paul

‘What’s a captured lad fro to know about a wrecked reconnaissance aircraft?’

He shrugged ‘You tell lossy paper shook in ht away Fly the plane, Maddie

‘You think their captured English airain ‘She’s not an airlish,’ I added

‘But she’s probably carrying your English pilot’s licence and National Registration card,’ Paul pointed out quietly ‘There aren’t any photographs on your British ID, right? You’re a civilian So even if they know your name they won’t knohat you look like Telldo you think these pictures are? Would you recognise yourself? Would anyone else?’

ThatBut those ATA wings … Oh, I don’t want Julie to see these pictures and be told she’s looking at me

Because she knows the plane There’s no denying it’s the sas are still visible, R 3892 I just – can’t think about this, Julie in prison, being made to look at these pictures

I said to Paul, ‘Ask the photographer how long he can stall before he has to turn these in’

The photographer understooda translation

‘I wait,’ he said ‘The Gestapo captain ait The pictures were not good when I h, and need to be lishs He will not see the pictures of the pilot yet We can give thelossy sheets from the folder and held one out to me It was the inside of the rear cockpit, loaded with the ashy remains of ‘onze radios’ – eleven ‘wireless sets’

I gasped with laughter Beastly of raph – totally convincing It is the best thing I have seen in the last teeks If they have got Julie and they show her that picture, it will be a gift She will le one of those phoney radios, and the frequencies and code sets to go with it She will lead them blind