FRENCH SHIPPING BOMBED
t DUTCH SQUADRON RESPONSIBLE Rugby, Oct. 18. The Air Ministry states. “Hudson . aircraft of the Coastal Command with- . out loss attacked shipping off the French coast last night. A ship was hit and this morning was seen wrecked and aground. Attacking aircraft belonged to the Netherlands Air Service Squad ron. ENEMY RAIDER SHOT DOWN “Some casualties and damage were caused by enemy raiders over coastal districts of north-east England last night. An enemy plane was shot down off the south coast early this morning. An R.A.F. fighter this afternoon shot down an enemy fighter into the sea off the south-east coast of England.” Flying over the Channel this afternoon two New Zealand pilots of the
noun two mew Zealand pilots of the Fighter Command saw bombs drop on the south-east coast. A few moments later they spotted two Fockwulfs racing for home low down over the sea. They concentrated on one and shot it down in the Channel after a 10-mile pursuit.—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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