IN ONE DAY THEY SHOT DOWN 37 GERMAN AIRCRAFT. Flying the new Defiants of the British Royal Air Force, this squrdron shot down 37 German aircraft in one day without loss to itself. One gunner alone accounted for eight enemy planes. Block supplied by the the Prime Minister’s Department.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 18, 1 November 1940, Page 7
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49IN ONE DAY THEY SHOT DOWN 37 GERMAN AIRCRAFT. Flying the new Defiants of the British Royal Air Force, this squrdron shot down 37 German aircraft in one day without loss to itself. One gunner alone accounted for eight enemy planes. Block supplied by the the Prime Minister’s Department. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 18, 1 November 1940, Page 7
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