Air Ministry Denies Flying-Boat Lost
(Received 2 p.m.)
RUGBY. December 20
The Air Ministry announced this evening that the German High Command had stated in an official broadcast that one of their aircraft had shot down a large British flying-boat. However, the Ministry added, no British flying-boats were attacked. The German statement may have referred to an engagement which took place off the coast of Norway yesterday morning. A Royal Air Force flying-boat encountered what its pilots thought to be a Heinkel.
The enemy, having received a burst of machoine-gun fire, was driven off. The British aircraft completed its patrol and returned safely to its base.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1939, Page 6
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