ENEMY FIGHTERS
TWO SHOT DOWN IN CHANNEL OTHERS PUT TO FLIGHT. BY BRACE OF BRITISH PLANES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) RUGBY. June 20. A communique states: "Two of our fighters, flying over the Channel off the south-west coast today, intercepted a small formation of enemy bombers, escorted by fighters. Two of the enemy planes were shot down into the sea. while the remaining aircraft made off. "Apart from this, there is nothing to report.” The Air Ministry News Service, giving details of the action, stated that one of our fighters at once attacked the nearest Messerschmitt and damaged it. As it was gliding down towards the sea, the other British pilot' pounced on it and soon sent it crashing into the water. The first pilot by that time was attacking another Messerschmitt. After one burst its engine stopped and the German pilot baled out, many miles from land.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 June 1941, Page 6
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