ABORTIVE RAID
GERMAN ATTEMPT TO BOMB TYNE AREA ADMITTED BY RESCUED AIRMEN. ENGAGEMENT WITH BRITISH MACHINES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, October 13. An attempt to raid the Tyne area was disclosed by the German airmen picked up in the North Sea by a Danish ship. They admitted that they were part of a squadron of eighteen planes which attempted to bomb the Tyne. The airmen added that three British aircraft engaged their plane, which was shot down near Tyneside. They then advised a Danish ship of their predicament.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1939, Page 8
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93ABORTIVE RAID Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1939, Page 8
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