COMBATS IN FRANCE
SEVEN ENEMY DOWNED N.Z. PILOTS’ SUCCESSES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. July 15. An Air Ministry communique states: “Typhoon and Boston bombers attacked enemy airfields at Poix Abbeville this afternoon. There were many combats with enemy fighters, seven of which were destroyed. Two other enemy fighters were shot down into the Channel by Royal New Zealand Air Force pilots this morning. Seven of our aircraft are missing.” Royal New Zealand Air Force pilots destroyed two FWl9o's. One Pocke-Wulf was destroyed by a Malta D.F.C., a 21-year-old New Zealander who, ’while alone, found himself attacked head-on by 12 FWl9Os. He evaded their fire, manoeuvred his aircraft behind two of them, and gave both a burst. A lew seconds later, seeing his companion shot down, another New Zealander, a squadronleader, avenged him by shooting a FWI9O.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21149, 17 July 1943, Page 4
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