Sowerbutt's Visit

“Majesty, your presence here does great honour to your First Minister and our household. I fear I was presumptuous in suggesting your visit, particularly through an anonymous side entrance to No 10. I have put the dignity of the Crown at risk.” “Nonsense, Winston,” the King, who was pacing the Cabinet room, said. “We were pleased at your suggestion. Nobody knows we are here. Besides, you have the teleprinter, the direct telephones, our army signals with their transmitter. We shall be kept informed minute by minute as this terrible situation unfolds.”

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Sowerbutt's Airfield

“John has persuaded the Spaniard to talk. Had him over a barrel, so to speak. We are off to some godforsaken village called Langham near the coast. Unmanned satellite airfield there and that’s where the Jerries will be.” Hatter downed his whiskey. “You mean, sir, the Luftwaffe are flying in a plane to collect the spies. Landing on English soil?” “Exactly, Brigadier. Much less risky than a U-boat. Limited RDF around here, virtually no anti-aircraft defences and the nearest night-fighters are based in Lincolnshire."

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Sowerbutt's Inquiry

“The visit by the Italians was a real palaver,” the landlord said. “How do you mean palaver, Harry? They wanted Italian food or they didn’t like the accommodation?” “No, nothing like that sir. They loved our English beef, couldn’t get enough of it. And the drink. The first night they almost drank us dry. Had to send over to The Crown to borrow extra supplies. It was the ladies. They kept trying to smuggle local girls upstairs. I told them, we don’t allow that sort of business here. We are a respectable hotel."

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Sowerbutt's Meeting

Bracken said: “Thank you, Chief Inspector. We’re missing something or at least the cloak and daggers missed something. We know how close to the BUF Musso and his merry men were. Thousands of pounds in Italian subsidies finding their way into Mosley’s coffers. The trade delegation visits Fakenham of all places and has a secret meeting with local members. They could easily have brought a transmitter with them.”

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Sowerbutt's Promotion

“Push Hatter up to acting Brigadier. Lots of brass will try and get involved in this operation and we haven’t time for issues to be referred to us every five minutes. I want Hatter in tactical command.” John nodded: “That will be the most rapid promotion on record, sir. Major to Brigadier, almost overnight.” Bracken snapped: “I could not care less. I’m more than happy to tread on the toes of our geriatric generals. These packages must be found, at whatever cost."

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Sowerbutt's Plans

“The Jerry spies have pedalled from Wilbraham to Thetford, then headed north. Why? Hiding place in some godforsaken area? They’ve arranged to pass the goods to another Jerry ring? I want an arc of troops to the north of this place. Every road, track, farm, hut. We’ll push up from the south and trap them." Brendan Bracken said.

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Sowerbutt's Decoy

Bracken snatched a corona from the box. “Right John, let’s get cracking. A medal for the soldier who spotted the Jerries. Any airfields nearby?” “Yes sir, a secret RAF base at a place called Lakenheath. It is a proper airfield, but we are using it as a decoy to draw the Jerries away from our Mildenhall base.”

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Sowerbutt's Search

Brendan Bracken started at a knock on the door. “Come in, come in. What’s happening, man? No sign of these Jerries and nothing from your brothel-keeper. None of the road-blocks, the house-to-house searches or the patrols has spotted anything. These damn Jerries are elusive."

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Sowerbutt's Shortages

Brendan Bracken paced the apartment at the Victoria Hotel in Newmarket.  Among the papers just delivered by dispatch rider were the latest sinkings in the Atlantic by U-boats. Britain was heading for starvation and industry would run out of raw materials if the rate continued.
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Sowerbutt's Wireless

Elsa said. “No wireless?” Paul shook his head: “Not that I know of. But remember the Italians distributed a few last year, perhaps we’ll be lucky. I agree, it would be good to fine-tune our pick-up."

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Sowerbutt's Cyclists

“It is time the cyclists disappeared,” Paul said. “That’s who they are looking for. We’ll go to ground and make some changes. One of our emergency contacts lives in Thetford, remember the one with the funny name, Pierce Pero. He’s got a large house on the London road. Fingers crossed that he is still there."
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Sowerbutt's Adversaries

“Paul, Paul,” Elsa shouted. “Spotter aircraft.” Two dots flew towards them from the west, growing larger and larger. The Longhursts dived into a small copse, pulling the bicycles behind them. “They couldn’t have seen us with the hedge,” Paul said. “Lysanders, look at their huge wings. We must keep a sharp lookout, there’ll be fighters around, ready to gun us down.”

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Sowerbutt's Logic

Sowerbutt said: “The first job is to work out why they are in Norfolk and where they are going. Lee Gerard is of the view they are heading for Weybourne and a U-boat - they would not know the wireless there is in our hands."
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Sowerbutt's Orders

“Capture him if you can, kill him if necessary, Sorbay. Whatever you do, secure the packages. The Emergency Regulations will take care of any problems."
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