SKILL SAVES LIVES
WORK IN PLANE BUILDING Rugby, Sept. 13. Many pilots who are fighting again today in the fierce air battles over England owe their lives to the skill of the men who made the Spitfires and Hurricanes which carry them home although battered by enemy shells and bullets. De- ( stroying a Messerschmitt 109 a Spitfire pilot had his aircraft severely damaged by shells from another Messerschmitt. He said: "My fuselage and one wing were hit, severing the rudder controls completely. The elevator cables and wireless were also hit. I managed, however, to return to my base and made a forced landing with very little additional damage to the wing tips." A squadron-leader shot down a Junkers 88, then had to break away from the fight as the cooling mixture pipe of his Hurricane wras hit and the cockpit was filled with smoke fumes. He had also been hit in the sole of his shoe, in the hood behind his head. in the air screw and in each main plane. Three ignition leads to the starboard bloch were shattered as well. Tlie pilot merely reported difficulty in getting back to his base.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 8
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