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A reporter describes the scene as an Allied convoy comes under attack from the air.
Well now Germans are dive-bombing a convoy out into sea鈥here are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven German dive-bombers - Junkers 87s - there's one going down on its target now鈥ang鈥o, missed the ship, so he hasn't hit a single ship鈥here are about 10 ships in the convoy鈥ut he hasn't hit a single one鈥here you can hear our anti-aircraft going at them now鈥here are one, two, three, four, five, six鈥here are about 10 German machines dive-bombing the British convoy鈥hich is just out to sea in the Channel鈥 can't see anything鈥o鈥e thought a German one had been got then鈥ut now the British fighters are coming up鈥here's one coming down in flames鈥here's somebody's hit a German鈥nd he's coming down鈥here's a long streak鈥e's coming down completely out of control鈥 long streak of smoke鈥h ah, the man's bailed out by parachute, the pilot's bailed out by parachute鈥e's a Junkers 87 and he's going slap into the sea鈥nd there he goes - SMASH! There was only one man got out by parachute so presumably there was only a crew of one in it.
A reporter describes the scene as an Allied convoy comes under attack from the air.
大象传媒 war correspondent, Charles Gardner, recorded this commentary on 14 July 1940 when he witnessed an aerial engagement between the RAF and German dive-bombers attacking a convoy in the English Channel.
When it was broadcast it caused something of an uproar. Many people in Britain felt that such an eye-witness account was too dramatic, was inappropriate to be broadcast as 'news' and reduced a life-and-death struggle between combatants to the level of a sporting contest.
What reaction would it get today?
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