BRITISH FIGHTERS DOWN GERMAN MESSER SCH MITTS ON RUSSIAN FRONT: Here is an artist's impression, from official details, received, of one of the first encounters between the British R.A.F. Wing, operating with their allies on the Russian frcint, and German Air Squadrons of the latest fighters, operating from a Red Air Force base, encountered several flights of Messerschmitt fighters. In the "dogfight" that ensued, the British machines shot down seven Messerschmitts fcr the loss of two of their own machines.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 50, 8 May 1942, Page 3
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80BRITISH FIGHTERS DOWN GERMAN MESSER SCH MITTS ON RUSSIAN FRONT: Here is an artist's impression, from official details, received, of one of the first encounters between the British R.A.F. Wing, operating with their allies on the Russian frcint, and German Air Squadrons of the latest fighters, operating from a Red Air Force base, encountered several flights of Messerschmitt fighters. In the "dogfight" that ensued, the British machines shot down seven Messerschmitts fcr the loss of two of their own machines. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 50, 8 May 1942, Page 3
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