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Show BOMBED LONDON, GERMAN WOULD BE ENGLISH AVIATOR (By International News Service) LONDON What Is thought to be the absolute limit of "nerve" is a letter let-ter recently received by the Handley- Page company from an ex-German flying fly-ing officer. The German applied for a position as pilot, and ho enclosed recommendations from German squadron squad-ron commandei'3 under whom he had served on tho western front. The applicant stated that he was "thoroughly familiar with English ter- ritory. having flown over the easterr counties .of England on many occa sions." j As this indicated that he was one , of the men who had bombed Londor and the eastern counties causing thf deaths of many British women ant children the application was returned with the comment, "no vacancy." |