FIRST BOMBER VICTIM
AMERICAN EAGLE SQUADRON -I s (Rec. 1.0 p.m. > Rugby, Aug. 3. ; The American Eagle Squadron de- j stroyed its first bomber victim to-day I t when one of its pilots shot down a i * j Dornier 17 into the Channel. This is | „ the sixth enemy 7 machine recently de- j , stroyed by the Squadron. a The successful pilot was out on con- j voy patrol with another member of the • squadron when he saw a Dornier dodg- j ing in and out of the clouds. Five , bombs were let fall wide of the convoy | ' as the Eagle pilot went into the cloud j . after the German. “I gave him a burst I and then began a long chase.” said the | pilot when he returned. “Low cloud i gave the bomber many chances but ■ after my final burst he went down."— 1 5 i 8.0-W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 6
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