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AIR VETERAN PHANTOM
STEPS INTO A FIGHT
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·NAZI SHIPS SUNK Stockholm, Sept. 4. Information from Norway
the dificulties and dangers of
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Parcel Post Service to Canton is A FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT FROM TIPPERARY, WHO HAD BEEN
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The Imperial Airways Service be- coastal traffic. Indeed, indepen tween Hongkong and Bangkok is SQUADRON FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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'GIVE ME
A SHOT AT HIM'
"Both bis petrol tanks exploded at the same moment, and I had to dive away sharply to avoid being hit by
he fragments.
He had been flying since 1929 "There wero 30 or 40 Junker 87's, as an Airways pilot-he had in threes, about to dive down and 5,000 flying hours to his credit. bomb four ships in Dover Harbour.
"I watched their bombe falling He had been dying a bomber for when they got down to 2,000 feet,
"Then, below me, I saw three months.
and I saw them exploding in the
Junkers 87's tearing oft for home. water round the ships.
somewhere above were the escort-They were only about 30ft, above the
Messerschmitts. They were surface of the water. ng being looked after by a squadron of
Hit Two More Spitfires, so we had the bombera pretty well to ourselves.
But here was something new, for he had never met an enemy in the air. And here are his own words, spoken on the radio recently when he called himself "the luckiest pilot in the Command":
"Suddenly we received the alarm. Enemy bombers were over the Channel. We simply raced to our aircraft, and took the air to the wail of the sirens.
It was
"I was excited, of course.
In Flames
"I attacked them in turn, chasing dozen miles out to
them about a
sca.
"I saw a Junkers 87 being chased by six Hurricanes, and felt le "I gave the first one a good burst, cheering when I saw the bomber go and I know I hit him. down in flames,
"Then I blazed away at the second "Immediately afterwards another and hit him before turning back.
"From the moment we took off
Sailor Got Nazing on my first action against Junkers new right across my bows.
1 hared after him for all I was worth, to the moment we landed exactly 36
IT was in the darkness of night, somewhere in the North Sea, when one man aboard a British steamer called to another man, "Give me a shot. bring this one down."
Let me
He brought it down Nazi.sea- plane. The ship, Highlander by name, reached port with wreckage of the plane sprawled across P1001.
her
Laurie Halerow is the name of the man who called "Give me a shot"
And he threatened under his breath, " give him what he gave iny brother."
His brother was killed at sen by the Germans.
His sweetheart, a nurse, had been passenger in the ship, but, at their last port of call, he had made her leave to continue her journey on land.
Hail Of Bulleta
George Anderson, standing at the
KO
"After that we had breakfast. "I don't think I've ever had a more jenjoyable few minuter in the air."
This is noteworthy as the Germans
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the harbours' water to rearrange
Sandakan defences.
Oct. 24.
Oct. 24.
date,
41 .Oct. 29. Oct. 25. .Oct. 25,
.Oct. 27.
.Oct. 27.
Oct. 26.
a strange experience to and myself
On several sections of the coast be-USA., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
and Tromso a
Francisco Iween. Trondheim
Hai (San we
October) enemy, "Would I be frightened? Would I
"I got him in my gun sights and minutes had elapsed, though I sup-number of bodies have been washed home? genuinely let him have it. When I stopped pose the fight itself did not last more causing the local authorities em- Swatow.....
barrassinent for over a fortnight durJaya and Manila wont to wondered.
firing he was covering my entire than five minutes,
ing which they have been collected Calcutta and Straits "When we were at 8,000ft, we windscreen, only 50 yards away.
London and Straits made a turn and saw the German "I stopped ring because he blew
by the hundred.
The bodles are mostly in German Afr Mail by "Fan American Airways up.
uniforms, and nce believed to-be-Direct Service," San Francisco date aircraft.
from Troopships which were trans- 18th Octolier. ferring men and materials to and London and Straits from the Narvik sector. Some ob-U, S. A., and Manila (San Francisco servers think that this is due chilefly
date, 5th October). to the activities of British sub- | U.S.A., and Manila-(Seattle) date, marines.
30th September) The popular belief is that it is the Java and Montla Norwegian torpedo-boat Sleipner London and Straits which is busy again. Tales of the Australia and Manila
( few Swatow. Sleipner's alleged exploits montlis
the ago struck
popular Norway, and soon Imagination in
believed
ONE OPENS AS NEIGHBOUR CLOSES
:
NIGHT CLUB CLEAN-UP
BEING
IS
DEFEATED
TWO. more night clubs in the heart of London's play were closed by the police during a recent week end.
ground
and
persons Norwaything about this
is
Oct. 27.
Oct. 20.
Oct
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Oct. 30.
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OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mail are warship which
closed 15 minutes earlier than the thought to dodge up and down
time given below unless otherwise umong the islands striking at German stated, and where mails are advertis- victims. chiefly at
at night.
ed to close at or before 9 a.m. regis- According to a fresh message from tered and parcel malls are closed at Oslo, dwellers near the water declare
that they heard frequent detonations 5 pm. on the previous day. When during last week-end from the fjord, mails are advertised to close after which, it is thought, indicate that pm, Registered and Parcel malls
p.m. tinue there, and that more craft have
Re-German navigation difficulties con- are closed at
And the people who were turned away from them were met outside by touts taken to new clubs that were just opening for the first night 100 yards away.
This is how the police drive to clean up London's night life under the Defence It was not until machine-gun bulgulations is being defeated. The audacity of the promoters of the new clubs is amaz-blue there. lets began to spatter over the ship ing.. that her crew
ew realised that two Nazl
un, understood, and handed over to Laurie Halcrow.
seaplanes were about.
Within 48 hours of bottle ship's machine-guns were parties and clubs being closed The weeks ago, new clubs have open-
and soon George Anderson since the drive started some
ກ scored direct hit bringing one of 6.32 Peter, Dawson (Bass-Baritone) the planes down in the sen
and the Band of II. M. Grenadier plane caught fire and there was a ed nearby, or even in the same
•¦¤; } DA | terrific blaze from burning of and building under a different name.
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LETTERS
Generous Gift to Kunming
To the Editor,
petrol.
Then there
was forty-minute battle against the remaining plane, which repeatedly dived over the ship with machine-guns blazing.
The police drive is directed par- tleularly against bottle parties.
One reason is the fear that some Service men on leave may be per- suaded to talk indiscreetly under the
It was during this time that Laurie iuuence of drink in the compara- Halcrow act 团 shot" and suctive privacy of a bottle party..
eceded.
Cloak For Spies
A bullet struck George Anderson's steel helmet and another grazed his
Some of London's biggest and bottle parties have Upper lip. Another member of the
closed purely on these crew found that it bullet had gone most-reputablo through the two lapels of his jackel.been
The ship had been zigzagging at grounds.
complaint The police had no full speed throughout the attack.
against the way they were con- ducted, but feared that they pro- vided too good a cloak for Ger-i man agents, particularly girl spies. The profiteers of the underworld are reaping a rich harvest from the "One of our convoys in the North Service men, who are often turned! Sea was repeatedly allacked by Ger-adrift at night. man, alrcraft yesterday afternoon. No
The Highlander, built in 1916, is owned the North of Scotland and
by Orkney and Shetland Steam Naviga- Lid, and the attacke tion
Company on her is described in this Admiralty. communique issued:
Since the police started to closel
Damage was done to any of the ships the battle parties at least ten new: in convoy ur to the escorting war-near-beer dens have sprung up.
A group of touts attached to them ships.
"One of the escorting vessels, works Piccadilly-clrcus. 11.M.S. Weston (Lieut.-Commander. S. C. Tuke. R. N.), shot down one of
the enemy aircraft. There were no
casualties in H.MS. Weston.
Big Game
08
Overseas and naval men are the "big game" because they have most "In another part of the North Sea money to spend.
The beer, sold in the dens s.s. Highlander (Captain Gifford)
dark "ale," or The "Hongkong Telegraph."
was twice attacked by enemy aircraft "bilter." light or
attack the "stout," is mostly the non-alcoholic Sir, The CMS. Hospital at Kun- lost night. In the first ming perhaps the best equipped in enemy aircraft dropped bombs which "hop" ale type sold in sweet shops The night clubs sell it for 1s a the district-war destroyed in an missed and then raked the ship with for a few pence a quart bottle. alt-rald on Saturday. In view of machine-gun fire.
Thalf-pint glass, the urgent need for setting up emer- "While doing so the German air-
The "hostesses" drink nothing but was hit by the defensive
of green or gency units to deal with the casual-eratt
and cocktails, tiny glosses fles, the Medical Superintendent and armament of the Highlander
with a cherry Committee of the Nethersole Hog- Was seen
crush into the sea in red coloured water
In one club four Canadians joined pital wish to relinquish the share flames 100 yards stern of the ship. stick in it. They cost 2s. 6d.
"Two minutes later the steamship due to them of the collection and
A round for drinks four "hostesses," St. John's Cathedral
Highlander was attacked by another gifts taken at
the bombs cost 148.; there was a tip to a 'dis- on Hospital Sunday, so that the German aircraft. Again
circled to engaged hostess" acting as waitress, whole amount may be sent to Kun- missed. As the aircraft ming.
I think those who gave on renew the attack, it was hit, causing and extra high prices were charged
for cigarettes. Hospital Sunday should know of this it to lose height.
The girls drank up their drinks "The port wing of the nireraft! generous decision.
A. P. ROSE,
struck the port lifeboat at the davits, at a gulp and asked for more. The Acting Chaplain. This swung the maching around and Canadians spent £5 in less than half
an hour. I crashed on to the poop.
"The police cannot touch these denɛ, morning the Highlander steamed Into harbour for they do not actually break the with the wreckage of the German law by selling alcohol.
To run a gold-digging den for the poop. The only aircraft on her Winifred casualties sustained in the steainship purpose of robbing our fighting men Cullis, c.a., will airess an open Highlander were two men wounded is not illegalt.
Dr. Winifred Cullis
To-morrow Proftwor
meeting for both men and women, at 9.15 pm at the Y.M.C.A, Kowloon. Lady MacGregor has kindly con- sented to take the chair.
This is the last public meeting to be ́úddressed by Professor Culila bc- fors she leaves for Chungking and Singapore, and, it is hoped that a large number will seize this oppor tunity of hearing her,
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A total of $1.478 07.10 was reached yesterday by the War Fund Inaugurated by the B. C. M. Post, Ltd, with the tot lowing donations:
This
steamship
'Emigrated' Man Is Still Interned
Australia.
ITALIANS RAIDED-White puffs resembling huge flowers are British bombs bursting on Asmara aerodrome, Italian air basa in North Africa, as Royal Air Force fliers make usveral direct hits.
His Was A 'Veteran's
Bravery
THIRTY-FOUR is a veteran
Though in agony, he got to within three miles of his base before his machine gave out. He had to make hc fost a parachute jump. Then consciousness.
Lost An Eye
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Hongkong will be very sad about that. For in Howrah the official record of his award it is Ipoh said that he "displayed an intense desire to engage the enemy."
to say he had been emigrated to age for an R.A.F. pilot. There
Ho is a Portsmouth boy who is an are not many pilots as old as But Sir John Anderson, the Home that flying over enemy territory example to all boys who have joined Squadron the R.A.F. He enlisted in 1022 as a on bombing raids. Secretary, told the House that Hans
boy entrant and becaine an aircraft was being released to join the British Leader Charles George Lott is apprentice two years inter. Army.
Four yours of hard work and study Hans's young English Wito phoned an exception. the camp commandant in the Isle of
And he has been awarded the Dis-and he became a sergeant pilot. Five Man. "He told me that Hans Is still interned, and quite well," she tinguished Service Order, the Air years Inter he was commissioned and said afterwards. "No quthority for Ministry announced. He already held became a fight lieutenant by 1930.
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