In reporting the shooting down of the Heinkel Reuter's special corres-Pondent with the British alr force in France says the German raider was attacked by two British Hurricane fighters at a height of 26,000 fect. Both its engines were put out of ae: tion.
One Hurricane was slightly damaged by fire from the Heinkel, but both British planes returned safely.
As a result of mistaken identity, one British aircraft was accidentally shot down by British fighters in the neighbourhood of Gravesend yester-@ay afternoon, according to an an-ouncement by the Alr Ministry—Reuter, German riber Down Over Epinat Epinal, Mar, Attacked by two French prs planes, a German bomber over the Epinal region was brought down in flames yesterday, it was revealed today, Three of the four-man crew were killed. The fourth managed to make his escape from the hurlling craft by. parachute "and, although ily injured, was taken alive to
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