RAIDERS SHOT DOWN
ENGLISH i EAST COAST
TWO ENEMY MACHINES
(British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 22,
The Air Ministry announced: “Last night enemy aircraft approached the south-east coast. Anti-aircraft gims opened fire and fighters were sent to intercept them. One enemy aircraft was shot down into the sea by antiaircraft fire. A second enemy aircraft was engaged and brought down by our fighters.” The Air Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security announce that an air-raid warning was sounded in a district of Essex shortly before 10 o’clock this evening. The “raiders passed” signal was given half an hour later.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 4
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103RAIDERS SHOT DOWN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 4
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