THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1940
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IMPLACABLE WAR QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA IN THE AIR AN EXTRA
DORNIER IN
THE BERNE NEWSPAPER "Democrate"THE BAG yesterday. published an article entitled "Im- placable air warfare.”
One cannot help admiring the nerve, tena- city and courage of British airmen, the article says, even when they borrow our air space. (A reference to R.A.F. flights over Switzer- land on the way to Italy).
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Cloud played a trick on Fighter Command pilots in the far north of Scotland recently.
They all flew home from a fight|
thinking they had shot down one
Dornier. When they compared notes on landing, however, they found that they had really des-
troyed two Dorniers.
The five pilots were patrolling the skies over the coast in two sections when they sighted a Nazi
The Germans have an easier; The arrival of reinforcements raider. Both sections gave chase. task owing to shorter distances in Egypt is proof that aeroplanes Some way out to sea, the raider, but no devastations will suffice to cannot seriously endanger à mo-ja "Flying Pencil" aircraft, sought gain a military decision.
dern fleet or bring a final decision.jsafety in cloud. The fighters fol-
Too Much!
lowed him. No superiority on either side
As they flew through the cloud is yet discernable but the Bri-
the two fighter sections were tish riposte is serious, -efficient The "Berner Tagwacht" says, separated. One section, “coming and regular and must disconcert certain German communiques ask out of the cloud, found themselves German public opinion,
one to believe too much. On the within range of the enemy. The The Journal de Geneve" says same day one communique says German rear-gunner fired first, the British have obeyed a wise the British air attacks are grow and the Fighter pilots, in their strategic. principle in abandoning ing weaker, another that the Hurricanes, replied. After a short certain important points to. con-Luftwaffe Is retaliating for the running fight in and out of cloud centrate on the defence of Britain increasingly strong British night the Dornier dived steeply towards and the route to India,
attacks. Reuter,
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The raider struck the water obliquely, There was an explosión and flames leapt 100 to 150 feet into the air. For some time after- wards rippling flames were seen over a wide surface of.......petrol- covered sea.
Meanwhile a Sergeant-pilot of the second fighter section had followed out of the clouds and fired at what he believed to be the original Dornier.
Fearing that they might lose the enemy in the cloud, the Sergeant- pilot's section-leader had already flown further out to sea in readi- ness. He now, in turn, attacked this second raider, and saw it dive vertically in flames. Three of the crew jumped by parachute,
When they returned to their base the five British pilots realis- ed from their stories that they had attacked and brought down two raiders. To`make quite certain one of them flew out to sea again, and saw two separate patches of oll where the Dorniers had dived into! the sea.
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