SEA ENCOUNTER
ITALIAN TORPEDO-PLANES MEET DISASTER FIVE QUICKLY SHOT DOWN BY SPITFIRES. SOLE SURVIVOR PUT TO FLIGHT LONDON, November 19. Four R.A.F. Spitfires disposed quickly of a formation of six Italian torpedo-carrying planes which were attempting to attack an Allied convoy off the North African coast. Within a minute five of the Italian aircraft were shot down into the sea and the sixth put to flight. None of the Italian machines were given a chance to drop their torpedoes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 3
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79SEA ENCOUNTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 3
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