Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Ian Joll akanga asipo achifungidzirwa kuti akafa pashure pokunge amanikidzwa kupwanya ndege yake pamhenderekedzo yeDutch, asi akapona muchiitiko chacho kuti adzokere kumusha kuGravesend. Apo Mabel Joll akazarura suo rokumberi kuti aone mwanakomana wake Ian akafenda, achidavira kuti anofanira kuva akaona chipoko. Maminiti gumi pamberi pezvi Mai Joll vakanga vagamuchira teregiramu ichivataurira kuti mwanakomana wavo, Squadron Leader Joll, akanga 'asina kuoneka achifungidzirwa kuti akaurawa' pashure pokunge aputsira ndege yake pamhenderekedzo yeDutch mukati mokurwisa ndege yeGermany muna 1940. Zvisinei, Sq Ldr Joll akanga apukunyuka kudonha uye pashure pokufamba makiromita akawanda pamhenderekedzo yegungwa uye kunyengetedza ngarava kuti imudzorere kuEngland, akanga apinda kumba kwevabereki vake kunokwazisa. Nhau yake inoshamisa yakabuda pachena sezvo menduru dzake - kusanganisira Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) - dzakaiswa pamutengesi uye nhoroondo yake yakaziviswa. Sq Ldr Joll akanga abatanidzwa mukurwisa ndege dzeGermany musi waMay 10, 1940, apo ndege yake yakarohwa nemoto wepasi uye akamanikidzwa kuparadza pasi bhomba rake reBristol Blenheim. Pamusangano wapakuvamba vashandi vose vakanga vaudzwa kuti pasi pemamiriro ezvinhu api naapi havafaniri kubvumira radar yakavanzika yokunzvera yendege kuwira mumaoko omuvengi. Pashure pokuedza kunoverengeka kusina kubudirira kupisa Blenheim yake, Sq Ldr Joll akasarudza kuti chinhu bedzi chokuita kwaiva kupfura mutangi remafuta yendege. Sq Ldr Joll nomupfuri wake ipapo vakafamba makiromita akawanda uko vakasangana nomuredzi wechiDutch, uyo vakanyengetedza kuvaendesa kuEngland. Rwendo rwavo rwokuEngland rwakaitika mazuva 16 chete pamberi pokutanga kubviswa kwavarwi 300 000 veAllied makiromita mashomanene pasi pemhenderekedzo yegungwa paDunkirk. Ngarava yakasvika paHarwich, Essex, uye Sq Ldr Joll akaenda kumba kwevabereki vake muGravesend muKent. Oliver Pepys, weSpinks auctioneers uyo zvino ari kutengesa menduru dzaSq Ldr Joll, akati: 'Amai vake vakazarura suo ndokubva vanyangarika pakarepo. 'Maminiti gumi asati apfuura akanga agamuchira teregiramu yakabva kuHurumende yeMhepo ichitaura kuti vakanga vaine urombo kuti vaifanira kuzivisa Mutyairi Mukuru Joll akanga asipo achifungidzirwa kuti akaurawa. 'Iye anofanira kuva akafunga...
Ian Joll akanga ari Mutungamiriri weSquadron uyo akabhururuka bhomba reBristol Blenheim. Yakapfurwa ichirwisa ndege dzeGermany uye yakadonha. Joll akanga asipo achifungidzirwa kuva akafa, uye amai vake vakatumirwa teregiramu. Asi maminitsi mashomanene gare gare akaoneka pasuo rake rapamberi pashure pokunge apukunyuka tsaona ndokuita nzira yake yokudzokera kumhenderekedzo dzeEngland kunoona vabereki vake.