NAZI ’PLANE SHOT TO PIECES
Souvenirs Left On Deck
(Rec. 9.46 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 10. Many pieces of a German aircraft including a section of wing five feet long, were souvenirs which fell on the deck of a small British merchantman, the Nephrite, when she shot down an aircraft during an attack on a convoy off the East Coast of Britain. About ten German ’planes attacked this convoy in waves.
The captain of the Nephrite said: “One aircraft came straight at us. We let go with our defensive machineguns which caused him to sheer away. As he did so he dropped two bombs which exploded near us but did no damage. He also fired a machine-gun at us but only two or three bullets hit the ship. Five minutes later another aircraft flew towards us very low. We opened fire and hit him right on the engines just as he was rising to clear our mast. The engines caught fire, oil poured down on our deck and he struck our mast, carrying away part of the topmast. Then he dived steeply and crashed in the sea about 60 feet away.” The Nephrite continued her voyage and reached port safely.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22066, 12 September 1941, Page 4
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199NAZI ’PLANE SHOT TO PIECES Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22066, 12 September 1941, Page 4
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