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Tense e to ask the pilot about their situation He knew Lichter as soon as he could Kessler jumped and hit his head on an internal strut when he heard a new sound, a whooshing gush that ca his position was suddenly doused with droplets of some liquid It took him a moment to realize Lichtermann must have calculated the Kondor’s fuel load and the distance back to their base at Narvik He was duhten the aircraft as much as possible The fuel-duun position

“How are you doing down there, Kessler?” Lichter off the flow

“Um, fine, sir,” Kessler stammered “Where did those planes come from?”

“I didn’t even see them,” the pilot confessed

“They were biplanes Well, at least the one I shot doas”

“Must be Swordfish,” Lichtermann said “It appears the Allies have a new trick up their sleeve Those didn’t cos clean off The British must have a new aircraft carrier”

“But we didn’t see any planes taking off”

“They could have seen us co on radar and launched before we spotted the convoy”

“Can we radio this information to base?”

“Josef ’s working on it now The radio’s still picking up nothing but static We’ll be over the coast in a half hour Reception should clear by then”

“What do you want me to do, sir?”

“Stay at your station, and keep an eye out for anyless than a hundred knots, and one could sneak up on us”

“What about Lieutenant Ebelhardt and Corporal Dietz?”

“Didn’t I hear that your father’s a ?”

“Grandfather, sir At the Lutheran church in our village”