fighter. I asked him if he would get into trouble if we went without an escort. He replied cheerfully that, if we came back safely, no one would say anything, and if we didn't, it wouldn't matter anyway. This seemed sound enough logic, and so we sent off a signal to Robin, announcing our arrival, and set off on our own. I was right: we had been dropped from very low indeed; no sooner had my parachute opened, than I hit the ground with more force than was comfortable. See also Special Operations Executive References Maclean, Fitzroy. Eastern Approaches (1999 reprint ed.). Penguin Global. . Maclean Fitzroy. Eastern Approaches'' (1949 ed.) http://www.znaci.net/00001/1.pdf 1949 non-fiction books World War II memoirs British travel books Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rightists and Trotskyites" Political autobiographies British autobiographies Scottish non-fiction books