24 Hours Earlier Eskar Woolf wakes up in his bed on this early June morning, next to him is his co-pilot, Jon. It is 6 AM sharp, and it's time for the Royal Airforce to start their morning drills. Eskar being a light sleeper wakes up to the sound of the alarm. He gets up and puts his roughed up jeans with his leather aviator jacket on. Jon, being a heavy sleeper …show more content…
The operation was supposed to happen tonight at 22:00. Eskar has been in previous battles before but nothing this secret and dangerous. The General was sending 20 of the Air Force's best pilots to complete this operation. The fighter pilots job was to protect the bombers from German fighters. The general warned the soldiers that this could be their final flight and they should probably prepare for the worst. Leaving with that in his mind, Eskar meets up with his lawyer for dinner across from the famous Big Ben. Eskar had been wanting to write a will just in case he died in battle. He handed Landon, Eskar’s lawyer, a sheet of paper of things he wanted to give and to whom he wanted to give it to. It listed: Remaining money goes to my father, my car and plane go to Jon, and a letter to give to Elena. He gave Landon a sealed letter with cursive text saying “To …show more content…
Their goal is to get to Hamburg, Germany by 2:00 and bomb the factories while everyone is asleep. A surprise is their only chance at making it back home alive. It has been a couple of hours. “Jon, how are you doing back there?” “I am okay, but shit it is freezing up here.” “Don’t worry when bullets are flying at you, you won’t even notice the temperature.” The boys are getting closer to their target when planes start to appear out of nowhere. “How did they know that we were coming?” Yelled Jon. “I don’t know but be ready this is about to get really messy”
Fighters form in a V-shape around the two bombers. Their mission is to protect them at all costs and that's what they were doing. German planes shoot bullets that fly past the plane. The action was starting to begin. Jon takes control of his gun and starts firing at the enemy. The wings of the plane were getting holes put through them. The engine gets hit once and it starts smoking. Bullets are flying everywhere. Glass breaks. “Jon, Jon! I’m hit. Jon! Are you okay?”
No response comes from the back seat. Eskar looks back to see a gruesome sight. Jon was hit in the chest, blood was coming out of his mouth, he was