BATTLE OFF USHANT
FLYING-BOATS SUCCESS MESSERSCHMITTS DAMAGED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY. Oct. 2. A Sunderland flying boat of the Coastal Command fought a 20minute battle with three Messerschmitt 110’s off Ushant, damaged them, and drove them off. The flying boat, which belongs to the Royal Australian Air Force, was returning from a long reconnaissance on German shipping movements off the west coast of France, states an Air Ministry bulletin. The three Messerschmitts were escorting two Dornier “ Flying Pencil" bombers, and two of the-fighters repeatedly came in on the Sunderland’s beam and one from below. Every attack was beaten off The Australian gunners saw many bullets strike home before the Messerschmitts broke off the fight The Sunderland was undamaged
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24420, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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118BATTLE OFF USHANT Otago Daily Times, Issue 24420, 4 October 1940, Page 7
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