NAZI AIK RAIDS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21035, 10 February 1940, Page 7

NAZI AIK RAIDS

ATTACKS ON SHIPPING ONE BROUGHT DOWN OTHERS DAMAGED (Omcial Wireless) (Received Feb. 10, 12.40 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 9 One German raider was brought down and two others are believed to have been seriously damaged when they tried to attack shipping off the northeast coast this morning, they were engaged by the Royal Air Force fighter command patrols and naval anti-aircraft fire. One of them crashed near North Berwick north of the Firth of Forth.

Shortly before the crash a fighter pilots’ patrol in Spitfires far out at sea sighted another Heinkel climbing steeply toward clouds. One of the fighter pilots flew into the clouds on the tail of the enemy. As soon as they emerged into a clear patch the German gunner opened fire. “I saw red flashes from the rear top gun,” said the Spitfire pilot, who was not hit, and he fired a burst with his own eight guns before the Heinkel again disappeared into thick clouds. After making sure that the enemy was not flying above the «louds he dropped below and continued the patrol. Almost at the same time, shortly after noon, two Heinkels were attacked by a patrol Hurricane off North East Coast. When sighted one was flying north and the other west, before they reached the clouds the fighter pilot, turning from one to the other, managed to fire bursts of bullets into both.

FISHING BOAT GUNNED SEVERAL VESSELS BOMBED ENEMY CHASED OFF (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlg-bt) (Received Feb. 10, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 9 The German plane which crashed close to the Firth of Forth at Berwick missed the telegraph wires, and struck a fence. Large crowds on the seashore saw two Nazi planes bomb a vessel off the Scottish coast. Another bombing plane machinegunned vessels on the English coast. So far it is believed no damage was done. A plane machine-gunned and bombed a fishing boat, but scored no hits. Fighters chased off the enemy.