DEVASTATING EFFECT
NEW ARMAMENT OF BRITISH FIGHTERS EN EM \ PE WES (I T TO PIECES Rugby, Oct. 24 The devastating effect of the neu armament «>t British aircraft o illustrated bv several recent incidents de ' scribed in tin* Air Ministry n-v.s -ci | vice A few seconds after a British | night li -’liter had sighted a Dormer L
bomber skimming along the top of a cloud layer the Dornier had a tail, parts of the fuselage and wings , shot away by the first short burst of lire and it immediately went into a : vertical dive, and disappeared through ! a cloud and crashed into the sea In another recent successful mght | combat the pilot and observer of a : night fighter reported on landing that a .1188 which they attacked seemed to ; explode amidships immediately they [opened fire. "There was a terrific white flash, after which we could see . the wings blazing as thev floated separately down to the sea.” On another occasion when a German [aircraft was -ct on fire by a British , t -.*;.. •• ei ti e aireran scattered m
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 25 October 1941, Page 5
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