An Amusing Story

[Hobilar]

Even in the most perilous of situations a touch of humour could often be found.

The following event is reported as having occured during the Allied invasion of Sicily:

As the assault craft approached the beaches there was a momentary distraction. A glider, through some mischance, had landed in the sea, and its airborne troops were now swimming about. There was a sudden shout from the darkness, "For the love of Mike, pick us up." The captain of the nearest landing-craft answered the hail. "Who are you ?" he said. The reply that came back from the water seemed sort of odd : "We're airborne."

[Hobilar]

In the early days of the Second World War there was an atmosphere of unreality which as the months passed became known as the 'Phoney War'. Whilst the RAF busied themselves with leaflet raids over Germany, (Kingsley-Woods 'Truth Raids'), the Royal Navy was already in a brutal battle for control of the seas. The following anecdote is reputed to have occurred on the bridge of a Destroyer somewhere in the North Sea:

First Lieutenant: "We're stopping, sir."

Captain: " I know, there's a submarine somewhere about here."

First Lieutenant: "Are we going to Depth-Charge him, sir?"

Captain: "No, I'm sending down a diver with leaflets."

[Klaus]

Ha! That's rich.