ESCAPED AIR ATTACK
SEEN .BY R.A.F. PILOTS
THEIR REPORT NOT
BELIEVED
(Rec. 2 p.m.)
LONDON, May 15
Herr Hes.s was lucky not to have been shot down by two Hurricane pilots when he was flying to Scotland on Saturday night, says the "Daily Express."
j One of the pilots is a .young New Zealandcr with 17 victories to his credit, and the other is a squadron leader from Ireland, who has shot down 14 German planes. They spotted Hess's plane oft' the Scottish coast and reported it .to headquarters. Hess's life was saved because the authorities disbelieved the pilots' report and decided that a German lighter plane could never be risked on a flight so far from its base.—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1941, Page 8
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119ESCAPED AIR ATTACK Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1941, Page 8
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