NEW ZEALAND FLEET AIR ARM PILOTS DOWN A JUNKERS 290, ACTION PICTURES. 16 FEBRUARY 1944, DURING AN ACTION IN THE ATLANTIC, TWO WILDCAT FIGHTERS OF THE ESCORT CARRIER HMS BITER DESTROYED A JUNKERS 290, WHICH WAS SHADOWING THE CONVOY ESCORTED BY THE BITER. THE PILOTS, BOTH FROM NEW ZEALAND, WERE LIEUT (A) ERIK SVEN ERIKSON, RNZNVR, OF WAIUKU, AND LIEUT (A) WILLIAM CLIFFORD DIMES, RNZNVR, OF WELLINGTON. - Lieutenant (A) Erik Sven Erikson, RNZNVR, BITER Wildcat fighter pilot after he had helped to destroy the Junkers 290 Royal Navy, BITER (HMS), patrol vessel

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