SWIFT REVENGE
DOWNED BY A.A. GUNS GERMAN MARAUDER CRASH AND EXPLOSION BLOWN TO PIECES (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. noon. RUGBY, Oct. 14. Swift punishment met an enemy bomber which dropped out of the clouds over a south coast town one evening recently and machine-gunned civilians says the Air Ministry news service. The guns were fired indiscriminately. Nothing was in view of the pilot of the aircraft except civilians, shops and small houses. He was flying at a height of about 500 ft. After this attack the enemy turned and flew in the direction of the next qeaside town, 'out some distance outside this second town was a searchlight post and on the approach of the enemy the ground defences opened up with light anti-aircraft fire. The firing was immediately effective. The raider . dived straight to the ground.' One of its bombs exploded on the crash and the aircraft was blown to pieces. Nothing recognisable of the crew was found. Only one tattered German air force paybook and an Identity disc were picked up from the wreckage.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19401015.2.70
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20378, 15 October 1940, Page 7
Word Count
181SWIFT REVENGE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20378, 15 October 1940, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in