AIR MINISTRY REPORT
Raiders Approach at Great Height PARTICULARS OF ENEMY CASUALTIES (Received This Dav, 10.14 a.m.) ’ RUGBY, October 16. The Air Ministry has announced that German aircraft attempted to attack coastal objectives in Scotland this afternoon. The Royal Air Force engaged the raiders and it is understood that at least three German bombers were brought down. One in the Firth of Forth and two in Fifeshire, as the result of anti-aircraft action. The Ministry for Home Security announced that reports to date indicate that there were no civilian casualties and no damage to property. The raiders approached at a great height and were hotly engaged by anti-aircraft guns. No bombs were dropped on land though some are believed to have fallen in the sea. Of one enemy aircraft crew pf four, one was drowned, two were found killed by bullets and the fourth man was rescued alive with an injured arm. Three .of the crew of another German raider, which came clown in the Pentland Hills, were taken prisoner.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 October 1939, Page 5
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