NAZI BOMBER RAMMED
HURRICANE PILOT’S' FEAT. LONDON, October. 30. A remarkable exploit by a Hurricane pilot officer is recorded in an Air Ministry bulletin. , In a recent engagement he was with his. squadron at 19,000 feet when they i?aw ,a formation of Dorniers accompanied by enemy fighters. “We went in to attack the bombers and did several quite good attacks,” he said later. “Finally all my ammunition was gone, but I had the satisfaction of seeing one Hornier I. aimed at exploding in the air, and saw an-other-go spinning down, with part of its wing off. “My aircraft then rammed one of the enemy bombers amidships. One of its wings was torn off. My aircraft wrenched clear of the enemy aircraft, which was now minus its port wing and most of its engine. My cockpit was filled with fumes and! th© machine was falling out of control in an inverted spin, sci I left hurriedly.”— British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 18, 1 November 1940, Page 5
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