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Brother Bosch an Airman's Escape from Germany, The World At War

Excerpt: "It was November 9th, 1916. I lay in a state of luxurious semi-consciousness pondering contentedly over things in general, transforming utter impossibilities into plausible possibilities, wondering lazily the while if I were asleep. Presently, to my disgust an indefinable, yet persistent “something” came into being, almost threatening to dispel the drowsy mist then pervading my brain. The slow thought waves gradually ceased their surging, and after a slight pause began to collect round the offending mystery, as if seeking to unravel it in a half-hearted sort of way. They gave me to understand that the “something” recurred at intervals, and even suggested that it might be a voice,[2] though from which side of the elastic dividing line it emanated they were quite unable to say. With the consoling thought that voices often come from dreamland I allowed the whole subject to glide gently into the void and the tide of thought to continue its drugged revolutions."

Gerald Featherstone Knight

Capt. Gerald Feathersone Knight, MC, initially joined the Devonshire Regiment but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. In November of that year he was shot down and taken prisoner; in his nine months of captivity he made three escape attempts, the last successful. He died of cancer in 1919, shortly before his Military Cross was awarded for gallantry in making his escape.

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