N.Z. CREWS IN MUNICH RAID
WANGANUI SERGEANT TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS (Special Correspondent—N.Z.P.A.) Recd. 6 p.m. London, March 12. Air crews of the New Zealand Stirling Bomber Squadron took part in the recent raid on Munich. They consider the attack one of the most successful they have seen. SquadronLeader G. M. ’Allcock, D.F.C., was flying towards the target when he saw a huge explosion ahead of him. “There was suddenly a terrific pillar of flame 1000 feet high,” he said. “We flew on through a smoke ring about li miles in diameter caused by the explosion.”
Sergeant B H. Hurt, of Wellington, who »s tomb-aimer in Allcocks Stirling, said: “We got into the centre of a searchlight cone nearing the target. It was like being in a birdcage.” Sergeant Peter Buck, of Wanganui, took excellent photographs of the Munich fires, which an intelligence officer later stated were well in the target area. Sergeant Buck saw five enemy fighters, but none came close enough to cause worry.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 61, 15 March 1943, Page 4
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