Wings of Duty

Wings of Duty — Page 45

45 would have made the drop. Afterwards, I would return immediately to Lahore again at a low altitude. While I was still a few hundred yards away from my target, I flew a little higher and the sound of machine gun fire broke out to my left. Thanks to Allah, despite facing a barrage of bullets, my plane was not hit. I continued to fly ahead and, when I was about 100 feet above the target, I dropped the streamer. I then turned rightwards and returned to Lahore. Later we learned from a telephone call that Huzoor’s letter had reached the intended recipients. But the story of what exactly happened in Qadian after I had made my drop was only relayed to us when those who were on the ground that day finally came to Lahore. This too was an extraordinary episode. There was another field slightly north-west of TI College and north of the Jamia Ahmadiyya building, where there was a military and police check post. It was from here that my plane was fired at. When I dropped the streamer, two khuddam on duty saw it fall and ran towards it. However, at the same time, two officers also rushed towards the streamer. They reached the site where the Jalsa Salana used to take place and where the khuddam were present and ordered them to hand over whatever had been dropped from the plane.