Raider Directly Hit at Height of Five Miles
A.A. BATTERY’S FEAT (British Official Wireless) (Received 2, 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 1. The story of the destruction of an enemy flghtetr over Britain to-day is told by the Air Ministry news service. The Nazi machine, which came down in flames, was a Mes-sersehmitt-109 fighter-bomber. Flying nearly five miles high over Dover, the Nazi raider was only a white speck in the clear blue sky when the gunners opened fire. After firing a few rounds, the battery scored a direct hit, and the Messerschmitt spiralled down in flames from 24,000 feet into the sea. At almost exactly the same time, an air duel was going on between a Hurricane and a Dornier only 50 feet above the v/ater. A British sergeant-pilot had been patrolling off the east coast with two Hurricanes, which were going home when he sighted below him a Domier-17 bomber skimming over the sea at a height of 50 feet. Chasing the bomber ten miles, the Hurricane pilot '"aught it up and fired several bursts. When the sergeant had to make for his base, the Dornier was seen far out ever the North Sea limping for home severely damaged.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 271, 4 November 1940, Page 10
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