Old Photograph German Air Attack Forth Railway Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of German air attack of the Forth Railway Bridge near North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. Six weeks into World War II, on 16 October 1939, the first air attack over Britain took place, above the Firth of Forth. Supermarine Spitfires of 603 Squadron City of Edinburgh were quickly scrambled from Turnhouse Aerodrome, as was 602 City of Glasgow Squadron based at Drem in East Lothian. They shot down two Heinkels into the Forth and a bomber off the May Island. The crew of a local fishing boat picked up two German survivors. These were the first enemy aircraft of the war to be brought down over Britain.



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