DORNIER SHOT DOWN
TRAWLER’S ACCURATE FIRE LOUD EXPLOSION HEARD (omcial wireless) (Received March 15, noon) RUGBY, March 14 An Admiralty communique states: A Dornier 17 was probably destroyed yesterday by His Majesty’s trawler Milford Queen. The first shell from the Milford Queen burst close under the nose of the aircraft and threw it off its course. A second shell burst close under the starboard engine, which caught fire. Tracer bullets from the trawler’s Lewis guns were also seen entering the cockpit of the aircraft. The Dornier was not seen to crash, but disappeared in the haze, losing height, with smoke and flames coming from the starboard engine. A few seconds later the crew of ■ the Milford Queen heard a loud explosion. No damage or casualties were 1 sustained by the Milford Queen.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21371, 15 March 1941, Page 10
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132DORNIER SHOT DOWN Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21371, 15 March 1941, Page 10
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