H.E. Bates Companion

AA "Flying Officer X" story that depicts the atmosphere in an Air Force station, as pilots gather in the mess ante-room awaiting the return of remaining planes. The narrator converses with the W.A.A.F. receptionist and with various pilots, including that of "K for Kitty" (in which the dangerous landing of that plane, resulting in its destruction, is recounted in terms similar to the story "K for Kitty"). In The Greatest People in the World and Other Stories (1942), There's Something In The Air (1943), Something In The Air (1944), The Stories of Flying Officer 'X' (1952). Reprinted in Short Stories from the Second World War (1982), Great World War II Stories (1989).