SWEDES INDIGNANT
FLIGHTS OF GERMAN
PLANES
ONE SHOT DOWN
(Received April 22, 11 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, April 20. Five German planes flew over southwest Sweden. Anti-aircraft guns brought down one of them and the others turned back. LONDON, April 22. In addition to a Corman plane which was engaged north of Gothenburg and brought down in flames, on the other side of Sweden another German plane made a forced landing on Gotland Island. The crew destroyed the plane before they were arrested and interned. The Swedish public are becoming increasingly indignant about flights of German aircraft. The largest newspaper in western Sweden voices the general feeling when it says that the flights are deliberate and are probably made for the purpose of taking photographs. The paper recalls Herr Hitler's statement that any country which does not defend its neutrality is not neutral, and recommends greater "Activity by the Swedish air force.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 95, 22 April 1940, Page 8
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150SWEDES INDIGNANT Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 95, 22 April 1940, Page 8
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