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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52451| Title: | Black day for 261 Squadron - five British fighter pilots disappear |
| Authors: | Sammut, Jeffrey |
| Keywords: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- History Malta -- History -- British occupation, 1800-1964 |
| Issue Date: | 2018-08-12 |
| Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Ltd. |
| Citation: | Sammut, J. (2018, August 12). Black day for 261 Squadron - five British fighter pilots disappear. The Sunday Times of Malta, pp. 56-57. |
| Abstract: | Pilot Officer John Southwell was fighting for his life. Tracer shells were streaking by the Hawker Hurricane he was flying. He flung his aircraft in a tight turn in order to try to evade the enemy aircraft that was shooting at him. So tight was the manoeuvre that for a few seconds he lost consciousness, gravity having stopped the blood flow to his brain. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52451 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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