N.Z. AIRMEN'S "BAG."
SINKING OF NAZI SHIP DESCRIBED.
P.A. Cable.
LONDON, Oct. 23.
It is revealed that the Hampden which sank a German supply ship off Norway on Weanesday was one' of the New Zealand Squadron. The aircraft pressed home the attack though it was pursued by two- escorting Junkers 88s. The Hampden was 'going in to drop its torpedo when the rear-gun-ner, Sergeant G. GaskelL of Opotiki, shouted a warning to the pilot that. a Junkers was commg up astern, but the pilot, Flying Officer J. J. Richardson, of Oamaru, continued his run and dropped a torpedo. Sergeant Gaskell saw the; torpedo hit the ship, after which "the ship's sides appeared to swell between the funnel and the stem, and when they could swoll no more they burst."
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 5
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129N.Z. AIRMEN'S "BAG." Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 252, 26 October 1942, Page 5
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