THIRD GERMAN PLANE
SHOT DOWN BY SWISS VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY. ATTEMPT TO DESTROY MACHINE PREVENTED. (Received This Day. 11.10 a.m.) BERNE. June 2. A Swiss patrol shot down another German bomber, making the third shot down in two days. A Swiss Army communique says the German planes shot down committed grave violations of Swiss territory. The third Gorman plane which was brought down caught fire, but the crew extinguished the flames and landed in a field. When surrounded by Swiss soldiers, the crew drew revolvers and tried to set fire to the machine, but the Swiss warned them they would shoot if they did so.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1940, Page 6
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105THIRD GERMAN PLANE Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1940, Page 6
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