THREE TO ONE
SUNDERLAND'S FIGHT
(British Official Wireless.) (Received October 3, 2.10 p.m.) RUGBY, October 2. A Sunderland flying-boat of the Coastal Command fought a 20-minute battle with three Messerschmitt 110's off Ushant. It damaged them and drove them off.
The flying-boat, which belongs to the Royal Australian Air Force, was returning from a long reconnaissance of German shipping movements off the west coast of France, states an Air Ministry bulletin. The three Messerschmitts were escorting two Dornier "flying pencil" bombers. Two of the fighters repeatedly came in on the Sunderland's beam and one from below. Every attack was beaten off. The Australian gunners saw many bullets strike home before the Messerschmitts broke off the fight. The Sunderland was not damaged.
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Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 82, 3 October 1940, Page 12
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121THREE TO ONE Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 82, 3 October 1940, Page 12
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