Daily Mail UK Read an extract from WWII bomber pilot COLIN BELL's memoir as he turns 105: Did I carry a mascot in my Mosquito? Yes, a Smith & Wesson 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.