work which would still be done by 140.     During this period, Flying Bombs put in an unwelcome re-appearance and the first two fell uncomfortably close to the Operations Room. V2 trails were reported by many pilots and some attempts were made to photograph the launching sites. Many distinguished visitors were entertained and, in November, Lord Trenchard, Air Marshall Sir Arthur Tedder and Sir Harold Balfour, Under Secretary of State for Air, came on three consecutive days, while Air Chief Marshall Sir Charles Portal came a week later.     Another particularly noteworthy event of a different kind was the capture, by members of No. 7 Mobile Field Photographic Section, of four Germans who had been hiding since September near Perck, as a result of information provided by local civilians. Entertainment was on a lavish scale at this period and, apart from our own cinema which gave good shows every night, there were endless possib- ilities in Brussels.     Night Reconnaissance soon recovered from its temporary lull during early September and many sorties were flown during October and November when targets varied between bridges over the Maas and movements on the roads and railways in the areas immediately behind enemy lines. The railways provided the 'line' of the month in November from a certain Flight Sergeant in 69 who reported, "There couldn't have been any movement on the line because all the signals were red!" During these months 69 met considerable opposition from flak and searchlights and, on one night (Oct 28/29th), four out of five aircraft came back with flak damage.     On December 11th the Wing suffered a severe loss when Group Captain Ogilvie went off in a Spitfire to report the weather over the North Sea: he failed to -+ Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.