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26

1940

Neville-Chamberlain

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I now fell through the air — a wonderful experience — and after waiting, opened my parachute. It opened at once at about 19,000ft and it took me half an hour to come down. The view was excellent – I could see much of the English Channel, Dungeness on one side, on the other, Calais and the woods some kilometres to the east where our improvised airfield lay.
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