SHOT DOWN BY N.Z. PILOT
FOCKE-WULF PLANE Rugby, Aug. 28. A Focke-Wulf 190 was destroyed by a New Zealand flight lieutenant who was with an auxiliary squadron forming part of the escort for Flying Fortresses which bombed an aircraft factory at Meaulte, says the Air Ministry news service. The New Zealander, who was a flight commander, went down with his section to attack five F.W.l9o’s, and after giving one short burst saw the pilot fall out. He started to rejoin his formation when another enemy aircraft appeared. Our pilots attacked it and it went dqwn in a spin, but they were not able to see it crash. — 8.0. W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 31 August 1942, Page 5
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