Lausanne, May 16.
A German bomber was shot down this evening, close to the airport of Fallenden, by Swiss defences, a General Staff Communique broadcast over the Lausanne radio declared.
The bomber was seen over the Zurich region at an altitude of 1,000 metres. A brief struggle took place between the German machine and a Swiss chaser patrol, while antiaircraft batteries went into action.
The bomber, obliged to land, caught fire and was badly damaged. Two of its occupants were injured and have been interned, while two others took flight and are now being hunted down, the communique stated.—Havas,
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