MISTAKEN FOR SPIES
MEN WITH PARACHUTES LANDINGS IN ENGLAND (Reed. .Dec. 28, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 27. i i Further details are available con- ; cerning the experience of a Royal Air 'Force reconnaissance plane which, / damaged recently far from its base > by enemy ariti-aircraft fire, nevertheless reached home and made a safe landing. With the undercarriage and wingflaps out of action as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire, the Royal Air Force machine made its safe forced landing at an English aerodrome at night. The pilot ordered the crew to land by parachute and brought the plane down alone. The crew were over the countryside. Local "residents at first mistook them tor German spies until their identification svas established. I . ..
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 11
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120MISTAKEN FOR SPIES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 11
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