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"Above the hostile lands I fly, And know, O Lord, that Thou art nigh, And with Thy ever-loving care Dost bear me safely through the air. Thou madest the twinkling Polar Star, Which guides me homewards from afar; And Thou hast made my greatest boon, The radiant visage of the moon. " -- _A Night Hymn._ Written sixty miles beyond the German lines.
Early in the war it became necessary to destroy a railway bridge some way behind the German lines. This structure was an important link in the enemy's lines of communication, and its destruction was of vital importance. The work was given to one of the very early squadrons to accomplish, and it was carried out in rather an unusual way.