CHASED OUT TO SEA.
RAIDER OVER YORKSHIRE. ONE APPEARS OVER SUFFOLK. (Received This Day, 9.10 a,m.) LONDON, January 12, The Nazis have resumed aerial activity on the coast of Britain. A ’plane believed to be a Heinkel appeared over the coast of Yorkshire. British fighters chased it out to sea and machine-gun fire was . heard. British ’planes were seen swooping down as if to make a kill as the ’planes crossed the cliff tops. The fighters later returned and soon afterwards Royal Air Force'bombers appeared, going seawards, and gunfire was heard in the distance.
Another Nazi ’plane, also -believed to be a Heinkel, flew high over the coast of Suffolk. Anti-aircraft guns opened fire and the ’plane disappeared south-eastwards. Heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard at the head of the Thames Estuary and many puffs of smoke appeared in the sky. A ’plane was sighted flying at a great height.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 79, 13 January 1940, Page 5
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