British Merchant Ships Shoot Down Raiders
TWO SUCCESSES RUGBY, Aug. 11. Two recent successes by British merchant ships in bringing down attacking enemy aircraft were revealed to-day. “The aircraft was in sight only three or four seconds before it attacked,” said the officer of the first ship. “Bombs were dropped, and the bridge was demolished and caught fire. As the aircraft flew off, we opened fire with dur defensive armament and hit it with our first shot. It crashed into the sea. The last I saw was a wing tip sticking above the water.'* The captain of the second ship said: "When the aircraft was just on us, I opened fire with a Lewis gun. We fired about 50 shots, and I could hear them pinging into the sides of the machine. Soon the aeroplane caught fire, and I heard next day that a German aircraft had been seen in the water.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 191, 13 August 1941, Page 6
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