The Archive · 1940

United Press

Drifter Downs Plane London, Dee. 14

When attacked: by a German aircraft in the North Sea on Thursday, the drifter Evening Primrose retatiatect 50 promptly and effectively with her anti-aircraft guns that the raider was seen to be hit and afire, "The burning. aircraft disappeared. in the mist but 9 crash and. an explosion [were beaed immediately afterward, In the circumstances, says. an Admiralty communique, it is considered Jcortain that the little drifter accounted for her attacker. She suffered no damage or eastaities The German ship Rhein, captured by the Dutch sloop Van Kinsbergen on Wednesday, has since sunk. it was teamed in London today.—Reuter, Liner Sends 8.0.8, New York, Dee. 1 The British Jiner Western. Prince! has "flashed 8.0.8. messages. station that ie had been attacked by a rine 400 miles north-west of th id. Mackay Radio

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