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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1940
OWN BOMB WRECKS U-BOAT'S ATTACKER
An R.A.F. pilot who attacked a U-boat, missed it by 20ft, with his
first bomb, wrecked his own 'plane VIGILANCE
with the blast of his second, and was captured by the submarine, tells his
dramatic story in a letter from a war SAVES
prisoners' camp
in
Germany. His
father has been presented to the
King and congratulated on his son's CONVOY
exploit, according to the "Daily Mail."
The pilot was first reported "miss- ing, presumed dead." His letter reads:-
"I was taken prisoner while on a bombing raid. I went out in my ma- chine to look for the submarine, which was supposed to have sunk one of our merchant ships.
I
"Three machines went out, and searched for the submarine but falled to find it, and started back to the ship.
BOMBED AT LOW HEIGHT
"My observer, however, suddenly shouted to me, "There's a merchant ship on the horizon; let's her,'
look at
"Well, it was about 20 miles away, but we went. When we were almost on top of it my chap said, 'Go low so that I can see her name.'
on
"Suddenly, just as I got alongside the ship, I spotted a submarine the far side. Up I went, but the submarine had already half sub- merged, leaving me no time to get to a safe height to bomb from So I took a chance and bombed from a low height to secure a hit.
HAD TO SWIM
"My first bomb missed by about 20ft. I hit the sea at 200 m.ph. In a steep dive and went straight down without stopping.
"I tried to get out of the cockpit, but was jammed in a stuck roof. When I was almost out of breath I managed to break free and come to the surface. "My observer, however, was killed at once. I never saw him again, though I looked for him.
"I then found that I was nearly a mile away from the merchant ship, in icy cold water, with flying clothes on and not a little knocked about.
crew,
The vigilance of a lifeboat's which saved a convoy from a floating mine, is described by its coxswain.
accom-
The lifeboat had been 40 hours at sea and travelled 130 miles panying a limping mined steamer to
port.
The youngest of the crew, the coxs- wain said, spotted the mine in the track of the convoy. Immediately the signalman flashed the one word "Mine." It was picked up by the leading boat of the convoy, which of signalled instructions to the rest the convoy. The ships altered course and proceeded safely.
GERMANY'S
DEBTS
The Hague, To-day. As a result of negotiations at Brus- sels and the Hague, Germany has de- elded to revive suspended agreements debts with relating to her foreign neutral countries.
The agreements lapsed since Sept- ember after being denounced by Bri- tish and American creditors, but new arrangements were made with Amer- lca in December. Reuter.
ALLIED AID TO FINLAND GRATIFIES (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
London, To-day.
The Allied policy of granting as- Somehow I got there and clamber-sistance to Finland is fully approved
ed aboard.
"A few minutes later up came the submarine and we were taken pri- soners, The ship was torpedoed al- most at once and once more we were submerged. We also had to swim to the submarine.
"Well, we spent a fortnight on that submarine before finally return- ing to Germany. We were then lodg- ed at the local guol for a fortnight, followed by
forthnight elsewhere and then moved to this
place."
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AGREEMENT REACHED
London, To-day. The British and French trade dele- gations, which have been negotiating on the methods of close economic co- operation between the two countries, have reached agreement on points of principle.
The agreements will now be sub- mitted to the two Governments for approval, and the French delegation has already returned to Paris for this purpose. Reuter.
The
WIZARD
OF
Oz
STARTS WEDNESDAY
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
where it is
throughout the Balkans felt that South-Eastern Europe will be more tranquil as long as Russia is kept fully occupied in the far north.
Havas.
MOTHERS ALLOWED TO
Į
VISIT FRANCE
London, To-day. Relatives of British Tormies who have been gravely wounded serving in France left for France on a visit yesterday. They mostly consist mothers.
of
They are being looked after by the Casualties Branch of the War Office. -Reuter.
TURKISH MINISTERS
CONFER
Istanbul, To-day.
Ministers
to
The Turkish Council of held two special meetings under Pre- sident Ineunu yesterday to examine the results of the recent visit of the
Sarajoglu, Foreign Minister, M. Belgrade (for the Balkan Entente conference) and Sofia (where he con- ferred with Bulgarian statesmen.)--- Reuter.
RAILWAY SERVICE
Rail
RESUMED
traffic
Paris, To-day.
and between París Athens via the Simplon Tunnel has been resumed after a fortnight's inter- ruption.
The interruption was due to floods on the Greek section of the line. →→ Reuter.
cables
China Light & Power Co. valued at $30 were stolen from the. Tsun Wan sub-station yesterday.
Mr.
Russia, wood, of the Empress of '
robbed of a wallet con- taining $70 at the South China Foot- ball Ground, Caroline Hill, on Satur- day:
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