PITCHFORK AND DOG
GAMEKEEPER CAPTURES FOURS NAZIS Four Nazi airmen who scrambled out of their Dornier 17 bomber when it was forced down on a farm in south-east England, were captured by a gamekeeper, Lewis H. Frith, armed with a pitchfork and accompanied by his dog. The'Dornier had apparently been damaged by fire front A.A. guns and from British fighter planes. The machine flew very low over a village in an isolated parish and crashed in a field of clover on a farm on the estate of Mr Frank Woollard. Frith, who is a member of tne Home Guard, and lives with his wife and four children on the estate, was attending to game when' the bomber fell about 400 yards away. He seized a pitchlork, called his dog, and ran to the spot. He found the Nazis grouped around the machine, trying to set it on fire. When they saw him'they immediately surrendered. Qne of the Nazis tried to make himself understood to Frith, who relieved him of his pistol. Frith was soon after joined by an Army officer and a number of workmen on the estate . Later the Germans were removed under guard. The only casualty, caused by the crash was a rabbit..
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 240, 20 November 1940, Page 3
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205PITCHFORK AND DOG Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 240, 20 November 1940, Page 3
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