N.Z. Beaufighter Successes
Received Tuesday, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, March 7. Attacking convoys off the Norwegian and Dutch coasts, New Zealand Beaufighters without loss torpedoed two medium-sized merchant ships and probably torpedoed a third. Flight-Ser-geant C. M. Tapper, of Christchurch, after his attack saw a cloud of whitish smoke enshrouding the ship. FlyingOfficer I. A. Pettitt, of Dunedin, saw his torpedo run straight but did not see tho explosion as ho turned away.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 55, 8 March 1944, Page 5
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72N.Z. Beaufighter Successes Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 55, 8 March 1944, Page 5
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