Wings of Duty

Wings of Duty — Page 44

Syed Muhammad Ahmad 44 letter to the administration in Qadian. I suggested to him that if we made a tricolour streamer, I could put the letter in it and drop it on the field in front of TI College where Khuddamul Ahmaddiya had set up a temporary camp, and that way the administration in Qadian would receive it. We used to do this during the Second World War when we had to send important messages to our commandos hidden in the jungle on the Burma front. For this we would need a canvas bag about 9 inches by 12 inches, with one side open which could be closed with a button. The opposite side would have three coloured streamers—blue, red and yellow—4 inches wide and 3 feet long, sewn onto the bag at one end and free at the other. When the bag would fall, not only would the streamers help secure it, but they would make it visible over a long distance. Overnight, members of the Lahore Lajna Ima’illah prepared two bags made to our specifications. I put Huzoor’s letter in one of them, took it to Walton Airport and started off for Qadian. Since I was certain that I would be fired at, I did not take anyone else with me. I also decided to fly low to avoid being seen from a distance. My plan was to fly straight to the TI College field and drop off the streamer so that by the time the police and soldiers were ready to open fire, I