TWO GK,;MVX RTUKAS SHOT DOWN l'.\" TV-*C; ? >iXUTKS: S:: nowhere "Song the south coast a P-virrVir , " ; - unit was attacked by 20 to MO Ocrman\stukas. Shown here is the 23-year-old gunner who, panning a {fun. picked one Stuka out, opened lire, and ripping it from stem to stern with tracer bullets, seat it crashing into the sea. Another Stuka, heading straight for the gunner was met with a sieary stream of huUHs which ssni it crashing into a nearby field. For his courage in the face of the enemy the gunner lias been awarded the British Kmpi re Medal.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 76, 10 July 1942, Page 3
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98TWO GK,;MVX RTUKAS SHOT DOWN l'.\" TV-*C; ? >iXUTKS: S:: nowhere "Song the south coast a P-virrVir,";- unit was attacked by 20 to MO Ocrman\stukas. Shown here is the 23-year-old gunner who, panning a {fun. picked one Stuka out, opened lire, and ripping it from stem to stern with tracer bullets, seat it crashing into the sea. Another Stuka, heading straight for the gunner was met with a sieary stream of huUHs which ssni it crashing into a nearby field. For his courage in the face of the enemy the gunner lias been awarded the British Kmpi re Medal. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 76, 10 July 1942, Page 3
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