SPEEDY NEMESIS.
Nazis Blown To Atoms After Gunning Streets. IDENTIFICATION DIBO FOUND. British Official Wlretrm. (Reed. II a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 14. Swift punishment met an enemy liombcr which drop|>ed out of the cloud* over * south cn«t town one cvrninj recently and niachive-gunned civilians, says the Air Ministry New* Service. Tho firing was entirely indiscriminate, as nothing wan in the view of the pilot of tho aircraft except civilian*, shop* and small house*. He was flying at a height of about oflO feet. After this attack the enemy turned and flew in the direction of "the next seaside town, but some distance outside this second town was a searchlight |x»t, and on approarli of the enemy the ground defences opened up with light anti-aircrnft fire. Tho guns were immediately effective and the raider dived straight into the ground. One of its bombs exploded on tho crash and the aircraft was blown to pieces. Nothing recognisable of the crew was found. Only one tattered German Air Force paybook and an identity disc were picked up from the wreckage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 7
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176SPEEDY NEMESIS. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 7
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