GERMAN SNEAK RAIDERS
N.Z. AIRMEN'S TOLL. United Press Assn.—By Electric Te legr a i > h—Co py r igli t. (Special Correspondent.) LONDON, Dec. 26. Seven German sneak raiders shot down, in the week preceding Christmas is the grand record for the New Zealand fighter squadron patrolling the south coast of England. On Christmas Eve Pilot Officer G. G. Thomas, Auckland, and Flight Sergeant F. Murphy, Wellington, sighted Messerschmitts flying at wave-top height. Each selected a German. One was chased 50 and the other 20 miles and both were shot down. The squadron’s total is now SO and a half.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15235, 28 December 1942, Page 3
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