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Night Pilot Surprised By Shots In Darkness ENEMY BOMBER SENT DOWN ft*, noon. RUGBY, May 11. Potitinrm 1 i whi , ch Save away its Position led to the destruction of one Britafr. , man b °mbers which raided states tM? %>*■ down at least 31, Whpn the , Alr Ministry news service. to?. a b H:?t of machine-gun fire VaLSIV hls p:ane ancl he bs S an semnri S h aroun <l for the firer a thP S - i-st showed an R.A.F. pilot nto P t o vf' tlon of the enemy. He went sawti attack and after one burst sea th ra ! dei ' spiralling towards the sea through clouds. He dived after "■firing steadily. th^ he German bomber dived into hit ™ and tho waterspout it caused only windscreen," he said. "I SvL< , t Us V mana e ed to avoid the sea myself when this happened." a h^l her pilot reported that he saw *anftar r a S Which he Sent into a dive
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Auckland Star, 12 May 1941, Page 7
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