Attack on Bethune - Pilot Officer S. Newborough

Recording in which a Pilot Officer Newborough, Blenheim crewman, describes a daylight raid on Bethune, escorted by Spitfires and Hurricanes.

Pilot Officer Newborough describes his feelings on daylight raids and recalls an attack on shipping during which he escaped from German fighters by flying very low over a rough sea. He then gives an account of a daylight raid on Bethune, escorted by Spitfires and Hurricanes. He describes preflight preparation, the flight across the Channel and the raid itself, including bomb-aiming methods and attacks by Messerschmitt 109s.