N.Z. SQUADRON’S TALLY
(Special Correspondent.) LONDON, Dec. 26. Seven German sneak raiders shot clown in the week preceding Christmas is the grand record for the New Zealand fighter squadron patrolling the south coast of England On Christmas Eve Pilot-Officer■ 6. G. Thomas (Auckland) and Flight-Ser-vant F. Murphy (Wellington) sighted Messerschmitts flying at waveton height. Each selected a German. One was chased SO a„d the other 20 miles and both were shot down. The squadron’s total is now 80 a .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 24, 28 December 1942, Page 5
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79N.Z. SQUADRON’S TALLY Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 24, 28 December 1942, Page 5
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