Daily Mail U.K Bomber pilot Colin Bell celebrates turning 105 on Thursday with a new WWII memoir: 'Did I carry a mascot in my Mosquito? Yes, a Smith & Weston with 20 rounds so I could shoot the German lynch mob if I was downed'
Enemy searchlights raked the sky and shells exploded around us: the cockpit was filled with blinding light, so I could see nothing ahead and was forced to fly on instruments.