GERMAN “AEROBATICS”
CRASH OF BOMBER PARACHUTE CAUGHT IN TAIL (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Oct. 4 It is reported that one German raider which flew over the Thames Estuary went duck shooting with little success It dropped 10 bombs, all on marshland, and the only casualty w one .wild duck A German bomber was brought down by its own rear gunner This unusual victory ove itself was told by a squadron-leader who was flying a Hurricane over East London at the time He had just destroyed a Junkers 88 states an Air Ministry bulletin, and was looking round for another German to attack when he
saw a Cornier 17 detach from its ’ formation. The squadron-leader went in to attack. “ The result was startling,” he said. “I got no return fire but the rear gunner immediately baled out In so doing he wrapped his parachute round the tail of the plane This started the Cornier d(sjhg steep dives, followed by zooms on to its back. After a couple of these two members of the crew baled out from in front and left the Cornier doing
its' acrobatics, along with the rear gunner. When last seen it was making a vertical dive into a cloud at about 4000 feet and probably crashed in or just south of the Thames Estuary.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24422, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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