The Archive · 1940

While Aiding Pilots

London, Sept. 7.

German almon have again prevented the rescue of their comrades from the sea by British naval units, ralty communisierday morning, three of His Majesty's drifters attempted to re-cue four German airmen who had baled out over the sea from a German bomber, but the rescue was prevented by other German aircraft which iched the drifters with machine-gun fire.

There were drifters. no casualties in the One British motor torpedo-boat was also attacked and machine-gunned by German aircraft yesterday morning while going to the rescue of the crew of a German aircraft shot down in the English Channel.

Four men of the crew of the motor torpedo-boat were slightly wounded The attempt to rescue the Germans was abandoned.—Reuter.

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