BRITISH TRESPASS
ALLEGATION BY FRENCH
LONDON, May 20
A Vichy communique says a British seaplane flew over Algerian territorial waters at 9 a.m. yesterday. A French fighter patrol plane went out to halt it in conformity with International Law. Then, the British plane having opened fire, the French airmen replied, forcing it down at sea.
A British torpedo-boat opened fire on two French ships which were going to the rescue of the British airmen, and then destroyed the seaplane by gunfire. At the same time the anti-aircraft guns on the torpedoboat opened fire on the French fighter patrol, which succeeded in bringing down a second British plane. One French plane is missing. No statement has been made in London about this alleged incident.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 21 May 1942, Page 7
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123BRITISH TRESPASS Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 118, 21 May 1942, Page 7
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