GERMAN PLANE
SHOT DOWN IN NORTH SEA BY BRITISH PATROLLING MACHINES. RAID ON THE SHETLANDS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, January 1. The Air Ministry announces that aircraft of the Coastal Command, patrolling the North Sea. shot down a German aeroplane. Two German planes flew over the Shetland Islands and dropped bombs. One German plane, powerdiving on to a warship, dropped two bombs. Both missed. Anti-aircraft guns went into action. An Air Ministry communique states that it is believed that one raider was brought down.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 January 1940, Page 5
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