HURRICANE PILOT
RAMS ENEMY MACHINE IN MID=AIR AND GETS AWAY SAFELY. AN ASTONISHING EXPLOIT. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 30. A remarkable exploit by a Hurricane pilot officer is recorded in the Air Ministry bulletin. In a recent engagement he was with his squadron at 19,000 feet when they saw a formation of Dorniers, accompanied by enemy fighters. “We went in to attack the bombers and did several quite good attacks,” he said later. “Finally all my ammunition was gone but I had the satisfaction of seeing one former I had aimed at exploding in the air and I saw another go spinning down with part of its wing off. “My aircraft then rammed one of the enemy bombers amidships. One of its wings was torn off. My aircraft was wrenched clear of the enemy aircraft, which was now minus its port wing and most of its engine. My cockpit was filled with fumes and the machine was falling out of control in an inverted spin so I left hurriedly.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1940, Page 5
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