1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 89: A threat of public debagging [was] enough to calm him down.at de-bag, v.
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 37: I bellowed my joy into the radio [...] ‘I got one, I got one! Jesus, I got one of them!at get, v.
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 51: The Hun embarked on a gentle spiral dive, designed to bring him on my tail.at Hun, n.
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 141: I succeeded in nabbing one [i.e. a German fighter aircraft] [...] shells exploded under his belly [...] the usual tail of thick black smoke.at nab, v.1
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 126: He [...] consequently tore me off a hell of a strip.at tear off a strip (v.) under tear off, v.2
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 89: We were about to leave for the orkneys. There was a regular pea-souper.at peasouper, n.
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 43: It was captain Martell’s calm voice. You could feel he was hugging himself at the prospect of the big scrap coming.at scrap, n.2
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 135: They had me taped; their attacks, perfectly coordinated.at taped, adv.
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 165: Fagged out, dead beat, nerves in tatters [...] we always got the thick end of the stick.at thick end (n.) under thick, adj.
1953 P. Closterman (trans.) Big Show 42: The whole Luftwaffe was in the air today! Things were going to get warm.at warm, adj.