NAZIS TURN TAIL
AFTER DARING ATTACK. GROUP-CAPTAIN’S FEAT. (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 9.50 a.m.) . RUGBY, Oct. 1. A group-captain of the Fighter Command went up in a Hurricane last evening to watch his squadron at work. When he came down again he had made 18 • Heinkel bombers turn tad, destroyed one Messerschmitt 109, and also watched one Messerschmitt. shoot down another by mistake. ' He was not seeking a fight. The group-captain—a rank corresponding to a colonel in the Army and. a captain in the Navy—had gone up to study the battle movements or squadron under his commaiid to find out whether its tactics or training could be improved. At 17,000 ft he met 18 Heinkel 111 bombers flying north over Surrey, with Messerschmitt 109’s above The group-captain immediately closed with the bombers, harassing them with head-on attacks until they flew south away from him. Then he went after the Messerschmitt fighters. Three of them were pressing another Hurricane, but the pilot, by brilliant flying, managed to evade them and dived down out of tbeir reach. ' . The Messerschmitts were in line astern. The group-captain was just about to dive on them from behind and was astonished to see the first Messerschmitt burst into flames and its pilot bale out.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 261, 2 October 1940, Page 7
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208NAZIS TURN TAIL Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 261, 2 October 1940, Page 7
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