NEW ZEALANDER SHOOTS DOWN FOCKE-WULF
(8.0.W.) RUGBY, August 29. One 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 the aircraft factory at Meaulte, says the Air Ministry News Service. The New Zealander, who is a flight commander, went down with his section to attack five Focke-Wulf 190’s and after giving one short burst he saw the pilot fall out. He started to rejoin his formation when another enemy aircraft appeared. Our pilots attacked it and it went down in a spin, but they were not able to see it crash.
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Southland Times, Issue 24836, 31 August 1942, Page 5
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107NEW ZEALANDER SHOOTS DOWN FOCKE-WULF Southland Times, Issue 24836, 31 August 1942, Page 5
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