GERMAN PLANE
SHOT DOWN BY rOLES ALLEGEDLY FLEW OVER fortifications CREW RESCUED BY STEAMER IO.P.A.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. WARSAW, 28th June. After firing a warning shot, Polish coastal artillery shot down a German military aeroplane allegedly flying over fortifications opposite the port of Gdynia. The plane fell into the sea and sent out an SOS message. A passing German t merchant ship picked up the occui pants. 1 The Air Ministry in Berlin rcfus- ; ed to give details of the incident. GERMAN DENIAL (Received 29th June, 10.0 a.m.) BERLIN, 28th June. It is denied that a German military 1 , plane was shot down by Polish coastal artillery near Gdynia. It is stated » the pilot heard firing but did not know whether it was a warning or practice . shooting, and landed safely.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 29 June 1939, Page 7
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