PILOT'S NARROW ESCAPE
British Official Wireless Rec. noon. RUGBY, Sept. 28. By releasing his bomb just before an anti-aircraft shell hit him, a Canadian bomber pilot escaped destruction. The Canadian was attacking an enemy supply ship. He -pressed the release and the bomb dropped down towards the ship, passing a Bofors shell in mid-air. The bomb hit the ship, which was later seen .beached and the anti-aircraft shell which would have hit the bombrack and blown the plane to pieces was deflected through the wing. .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 230, 29 September 1942, Page 3
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