Dave Leicester - My greatest fear
Running time
54 sec
Date made
Copyright
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Transcript
Once an aircraft got coned, or once an aircraft got caught by a searchlight, even one, it was, then every other searchlight looking would cone on that one aircraft, and the cone would become so big, so wide in length, that it was just almost impossible for an aircraft to get out of it because not only could the gunner see the plane, but the fighters could as well.
Searchlights were actually my greatest fear because if you got caught, well, it was almost goodnight.
