Pilot Officer Mitchell - Stirlings outfight Messerschmitts

Recording in which Pilot Officer Mitchell, a Short Stirling’s tail gunner, describes an attack on German shipping and evasive action taken when engaged by German fighters.

Pilot Officer Mitchell flew as tail gunner in a Short Stirling. Here, he describes the sighting of a convoy of German merchant ships, the subsequent attack on them and the evasive action taken by the Stirling pilots when intercepted by German fighter aircraft.