NEW ZEALANDER’S PART.
I LONDON, Sept. 14. 1 a New Zealand bomber pilot was j responsible for the daring attack on the i Flushing dockyard. His plane, which dived within a stone s throw of the • docks, was thrown up 600 ft. by a tremendous explosion as the result of hits on buildings and an ammunition dumo. , , - r The pilot said: “We met terrific antiaircraft fire. It was not worth while dodging so I dived down. The crow were thrown on their faces as the plane shot up. The machine was hit and was partly out of control, but we reached England without casualty.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 16 September 1940, Page 7
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104NEW ZEALANDER’S PART. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 16 September 1940, Page 7
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