The Archive · 1941

Battle Described

One pilot bagged two of the eight: German planes which were brought down by British fighters Inst night. We belongs to the squadron which recently earned two decorations for Both his victims were and he got the frst whilst on patrol just before midnight. The other was secured in the early hours of the morning when he took te the alr for the second time after Janding to refuel and reload his guns. The same squadron was responsible for the destruction of another of last night's German victims, Another pilot who slot down two of the attacking planes last night xald he saw the first victim in the moonlight when he was a mile awa; followed it for some tim gradually closing tu. with the burit from his guns he hit the Heln~ kel 11 squarely, and the German machine caught fire and immediately to fall in a dive to the sea, wed through searchlight beams just before it landed on the water, where it burnt itself out, On his way back to the base the pilot caught sight of another, but It was too far Away for him to make contact.

'This pilot, with the same crew, was in the air again a little more than an hour later. He had another chase, and' again damaged a German machine with hig first burst. A piece of the aircraft fell away, and later saw this machine hit,'the sea in 'One' of the pilots who destroyed an unidentified plane, so far as type concerned, was net aware of is success until'he returned to his base and heard from another pilot of the same squadron that he had seen the enemy plane crash—Router.

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