N.Z. TORPEDO BOMBER SQUADRON
ENEMY SHIP ATTACKED
(Received August 16, 8.40 p.m.) ’ LONDON, August 15. . The New Zealand torpedo bomber squadron is credited with probably torpedoing a merchantman off the Norwegian coast and also probably shooting down a Nazi fighter, the unit’s first victories. The flight included Flying Officer J. J. Richardson, Pilot Officers J. H. Reason, T. D. G. Murray, and S. Latta, all of Auckland, and Flying Officer A. J. Mottram, who, is an Englishman." . They were sent out to search for a Koln class cruiser. They ran into a thick cloud bank and could see nothing. Then Flying Officer Mottram found a gap in the clouds and went down to find a 3000-ton merchantman at anchor. He dropped a torpedo and last saw it travelling toward the ship when he was attacked by an enemy fighter. His gunners replied at point-blank range until both aeroplanes were covered by cloud. Flying Officer Mottrani’s gunners are New Zealanders, but their names at present are not available. Flying Officer Mottram, a star tennis player* played on the Wimbledon Centre Court before the war.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23718, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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