RAIDER SHOT DOWN
OFF ENGLISH COAST
DIVE INTO THE SEA
(Hy Telftgraph—Press Association —Copyrigbt.) (Received November 30, 1.1 a.m.)
LONDON, November 29
Royal Air Force fighters shot down a German plane-off the Northumbrian coast. The total brought down since October 16 is at least twcnly-lhrcc. Lifeboats and Royal Air - Force machines searched the sea unsuccessfully for the raider. An Am Ministry bulletin slated: "The raider, a German Heinkel, approached . the north-east coast early this morning.' It was intercepted and engaged by a Royal Air Force fighter. \
"The Heinkel dived into the sea. There had previously been a thrilling fight. The Heinkel waited until the fighter was within 400 yards before diving, with her rear gun spitting a stream of tracer bullets. The figTiter closed in , and the Heinkel then dived towards the sea." .
It is believed that two British fighters engaged another Heinkel over a south-east Scottish town. The Heinkel apparently* escaped southwards.
There was aerial activity near the Firth of Forth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 131, 30 November 1939, Page 13
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