VALIANT SACRIFICE
MADE BY HURRICANE PILOT. ENEMY BOMBER RAMMED & DESTROYED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 7. The story of a Hurricane pilot who, flying at dusk, destroyed a Dornier bomber by ramming it and sacrificing his own life, can now be told. The pilot and a comrade were on patrol off the south-west coast when they sighted a German bomber, and they attacked from alternative sides. Bullets were seen entering the enemy's wing. The bomber climbed toward a cloud, with the Hurricane leader firing into it. The cloud base was very low, and it was clear to both of the fighter pilots that the bomber stood a good chance of getting away. “I saw my comrade attacking from below,” said the Hurricane leader. “He pressed home the attack till the Dornier reached the cloud base, and then, as it looked like disappearing, he crashed straight into it. I saw a large part of his machine fall off after the collision, and the rest dived into the sea. I circled the spot, and while doing so I saw the blazing Dornier plunge into the water.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1941, Page 6
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184VALIANT SACRIFICE Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1941, Page 6
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