TWO NAZIS DOWNED
British Fighters* Victory Over Channel KX KM Y BOMBER ESCORTS Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY. June 20. An official communique states that two R.A.F. fighters flying over the English Channel, off the south-west coast, to-day intercepted r. small formation of enemy bombers escorted by lighters. Two of the enemy were shot down into the sea, while the remaining aircraft made off. Apart from this there was nothing to report. The Air Ministry news service, giving details of the action, stated that one of the fighters at once attacked the nearest Messerschmitt and damaged it. As it w r as gliding down towards the sea the other pilot pounced on it and soon sent it crashing into the water. The first pilot by this time was attacking another Messerschmitt. After one burst the engine stopped and the German pilot baled out many miles from land.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 145, 21 June 1941, Page 7
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