AIR ACE DEAD
"PADDY" FINUCANE Victim Of Stray Bullet From Coastal Gun United Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, July 17. Wing-Commander "Paddy" Finucane, D.5.0., D.F.C, is dead. He was shot when his plane was crossing the Channel, falling a victim to what is described as a "million-to-one-chance" bullet from a machine-gun on the French coast. To the end he was unbeaten by the Luftwaffe. He had 32 enemy planes to his credit.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 168, 18 July 1942, Page 5
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70AIR ACE DEAD Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 168, 18 July 1942, Page 5
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