GERMAN AIRMAN
"SEE TO MY GUNNERS"
REQUEST THAT CAME TOO
LATE
(Received October 30, 2 p.m.)*
LONDON, October 29,
The German machine shot dov/n in Scotland on Saturday bore traces of "devastating British machine-gun fire. The British fighter pilots speak with admiration of the' pilot, who, though suffering from numerous wounds, pancaked his machine on a hillside and staggered out of the machine with- the aid of the navigator, who was the only unwounded member of the crew. He said in English to a policeman, "We surrender as prisoners of war. Please see to my.gunners." But both gunners were dead..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1939, Page 8
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100GERMAN AIRMAN Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1939, Page 8
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