CAPTURED AT SEA
ITALIAN FLOAT PLANE. SURRENDER TO FLEET AI.R ARM. ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, November 6. British air activity beyond Britain is indicated by the news of the surrender of an Italian float-plane to Skuas of the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean. The leading Skua fired a few short bursts at extreme range, hoping for a show-down with the Italian, and the buffets struck home. The Italian dived and alighted on the sea. The pilot waved a white cloth signifying surrender.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1940, Page 5
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83CAPTURED AT SEA Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1940, Page 5
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