BRITISH TRAWLERMEN WITH TWO GERMAN AIRCRAFT TO THEIR CREDIT. 20 MARCH 1942, ON BOARD THE TRAWLER HMS CORNELIAN ON CONVOY FROM PLYMOUTH TO FALMOUTH. THE TRAWLER WHICH A MONTH BEFORE HAD SHOT DOWN A JUNKERS 88 (4 FEBRUARY 1942) CAME UPON A HEINKEL ON 8 MARCH 1942, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY MINELAYING AT ONLY 20 FEET FROM THE SEA, LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THE TRAWLER. THE CAPTAIN OPENED FIRE WITH THE PORT LEWIS GUN, KEEPING THE 4" GUN TRAINED ON THE PLANE WHILE THE GUNNER BLAZED AWAY UNTIL THE PLANE WAS DEAD AHEAD. THE PLANE WHICH APPEARED TO BE OUT OF CONTROL WAS THEN FINISHED OFF WITH A DIRECT
BRITISH TRAWLERMEN WITH TWO GERMAN AIRCRAFT TO THEIR CREDIT. 20 MARCH 1942, ON BOARD THE TRAWLER HMS CORNELIAN ON CONVOY FROM PLYMOUTH TO FALMOUTH. THE TRAWLER WHICH A MONTH BEFORE HAD SHOT DOWN A JUNKERS 88 (4 FEBRUARY 1942) CAME UPON A HEINKEL ON 8 MARCH 1942, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY MINELAYING AT ONLY 20 FEET FROM THE SEA, LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THE TRAWLER. THE CAPTAIN OPENED FIRE WITH THE PORT LEWIS GUN, KEEPING THE 4" GUN TRAINED ON THE PLANE WHILE THE GUNNER BLAZED AWAY UNTIL THE PLANE WAS DEAD AHEAD. THE PLANE WHICH APPEARED TO BE OUT OF CONTROL WAS THEN FINISHED OFF WITH A DIRECT HIT FROM THE FIRST SHELL FIRED FROM THE 4" GUN. THE GUNNER, SEAMAN JAMES SWEENEY, WHO ASSISTED IN SHOOTING DOWN BOTH THE HEINKEL AND THE JUNKERS 88, HAD JOINED THE TRAWLER 15 MONTHS AGO. - Lieut S Correll, RNR, Commanding Officer of HMS CORNELIAN, holding 'Sally', the ship's mascot, with the ship's company
Size: 2575px × 1941px
Photo credit: © piemags/ww2archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords:
