A very good friend of mine showed me a bucket full of .303 cases in his garden many years ago. three Hurricanes were chasing a He-111 at low level over the village before it came down on land to the west of his house, where he still lives 70 years later!. As they were firing, the cases fell across the churchyard and the street and he picked them up still hot. He used them as toy soldiers as he was only seven at the time.
Yes, this was in 1940 but he can still describe the tinkling noises they made as they fell. I too wonder if they would have caused damage to tiles and such if the aircraft were higher.
Oh, and the bucket of cases? someone nicked them a few years ago!
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