The Phantom Fighter Poem by Paul Warren

It was 1942 a year after the Pearl Harbour attack
When Hawaiian radar picked up a plane as a fact
So a patrol was scrambled to seek it out
And they encountered a P40fighter flying alone
It was shot up with its land gear gone

And the pilot flew on with blood on his face
He didn't acknowledge the fighters searching from their base
Then suddenly the P40 fighter plunged into the ground
Later a search party was unable to find the wreckage lying around

No P40 was missing when they checked
And it was not found again as you would expect
So a legend of the phantom fighter was forever known
With the pilot flying on in a ghostly flight as it was shown.

© Paul Warren Poetry