British Win Aerial Battle

Northern Advocate, 2 December 1939, Page 7

British Win Aerial Battle

LONDON, December 1. The Air Ministry announces that two British patrolling machines shot down a Dornier seaplane in the North Sea on November 27. ; , A Norwegian ship picked- up- the crew. As the crew were rescued outside Norwegian territorial wafers, they will be returned to Germany. The engagement, which resulted in the destruction of the Dornier, lasted 13 minutes. Eight Dorniers were encountered. Three other aircraft of the coastal command were engaged in separate combats with the remaining . Dorniers, and in every instancb||flH enemy was driven off. Victim Selected MHH When a pilot of the northern aircraft unit intercepted two DuH|||| flying together, he selected one immediate objective, and carriecflH four diving attacks. The enemy’s rear gunner, was and was seen to be dragged from the cockpit by another member of. the crew who took his place. The enemy pilot, however, made off into the clouds. The British machine then turned to deal with the other German, who followed his companions after receiving a few well-aimed hursts of shot. Into the Clouds ■ An hour later, another British aircraft of the same squadron also sighted a Dornier. It also disappeared in a' cloudbank when a number of rounds had been fired at it.

The final engagement was between a British flying boat and a Dornier. The British aircraft twice encountered a Dornier, and on each occasion the Dornier was driven off by’ gunfire.