'Mortally wounded when a German' alder swooped down and machinegunned a passenger train between two towns in south England yesterday evening, the driver stopped the train with the assistance of the Sre-man, who also was wounded. and backed tothe safety of a nearby station.
The driver died shortly afterwards in a hospital, to which the fireman, and a passenger were also taken. which wag destroyed by anti-aircraft ying additional, German, tomber fire on Thursday night brings the total of German aircraft brought down during the dust ten nights of May to 91—a new monthly" record. Ninety were destroyed at night dur-Ing the whole of April Four Nazi bombers so far are reported shot down in last night's raid. When the first bomber crashed. there wag a heavy antlalreratt barrage. sid an observer, "the plane was fying very high and suddenly it burst into flames—a ball of fire in the sky. Tt took a long time to come down and, when it hit the ground, it exploded with a flash that could be seen for miles."
Shortly afterwards, two more bombers were reported down. "One went spinning down in a spiral dive after machine-gunning had been heard. A fourth plane was reported by observers to explode in mid-air and hurtle to earth Slight "Activity There was activity by enemy fighters over south-east England yesterday. but no bombs were dropped, it was reported in the affelal com: munique last night, which states that 4 train was machine-gunned and some of the passengers wounded. There was nothing to Report from any other area.
The communique adds that it is now Ioown thata third aircraft was shot down by anti-afreraft gunfire on. the night of May 8-9, making a total of 14 destroyed that night—Reuter-
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