600 SHOT DOWN
FIGHTER STATION'S BAG OF
ENEMY PLANES
LONDON, December 1
The 600 th enemy plane destroyed by the squadrons operating from a single fighter command station was shot down on Saturday following the joint efforts of two Spitfire pilots who belong to the one squadron.
One pilot, a 22-year-old flight commander, already had eleven destroyed enemy planes to his credit, and the other, a 26-year-old pilot officer, had nineteen. Both have already received the D.F.C.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 7
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77600 SHOT DOWN Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 7
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