AN AIR RAID
’PLANES FLYING VERY LOW. SEVERAL CRAFT OVER ENGLAND. IN FACE OF TREMENDOUS FIRE. Suited Press Association— Copyrights (Received This Day, 9.45 0,1119 LONDON, November 22. British chasers went in pursuit of 0 German 'plane over the Thames Estuary. Villagers saw the raider flying so low that it appeared to shim the roof-tops. The anti-aircraft fire was tremendous as the ’plane narrowly missed an orchard and rose oyer the trees with pursuit ’planes on its tail. Onlookers said it would he a miracle if the raider reached home safely.
Reports from different parts of the south coast indicated the presence of several enemy ’planes to-day. An official description of last night’s raid on the east coast says that British coastal defences fought a machine-gun duel with a German seaplane which dived low and machine-gunned the defenders. There were brisk exchanges for a few seconds, after which the seaplane disappeared into fog clouds.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 37, 23 November 1939, Page 5
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