The Archive · 1940

Bombs Miss Ship

One bullet went through the tried to bomb a lightship.

This, gine-room skylight and put the however, was frustrated by the swift dynamo "out of action, appearance of British fighter machylaneed off the bridge rail and carved ines which pursued the raiders. The Tong groove in mahogany chart skipper' of the Aberdeen trawler table, The machine circled" again, Flavia (202 tons) stated on his return and this time it also dropped a salvo to port that a German airman sud-of four bombs. 'They fell wide bedenly emerged from a bank of fox cause the Jevington Court was 'The' warplane machine-gunned and Siqzanaing. The aircraft returned to bombed the vessel from a height of the valtack with machine-guns and only 60 feet. The bombs all missed bombs, "Bombs fell nearer, and their and no one was injured, The effect explosion shook the ship. but did no for the altnek was such that a curtain damage. In the next attack the air-of water was thrown up, and. the craft, still raking the deck with engine-room half filled with water, machine-gun fire, dropped a further while the pipes and compass were two bombs. broken, he added, Men on the upper deck, trying to dodge the hail of machine-gun bul-Tats, saw. these bombs falling, and 'The crew of the Grimsby were certain they would hit the teaver' Croon were land on ship, but the ship was under full fant coat port yesordny after helm and the bombs missed by sh Geen sun. ina amall boat for 21 hours following' the. bombing and feet. The explosion of them, how ever, seemed to lift the ship. Every. uichine-gunning of" the wavlee: by thing movable was thrown about, and German airetot, "The. trawler sank even compasses were lifted ott of the North Sea on Thursday mons their gimbale and thrown out of in binnacles. The safely valves Bealls of German air attacks on boilers were lifted off their seatines. tye British: merchanunan Jevinglon and the concussion sent up clouds of Gout ast tons). on Tuchiay and coal dust through bunker hatches.

the fabing trawler Star of Scot: Tad were given by survivors today.

The aircraft apparently thought the About 11 o'clock on the morning of [Bombs had hit their mark. and that January 9, those on the bri the ship was sinking. It One of eight British bombers was towns, Including Sale, Aabo, Lahal, Jin the future, shot down when the planes attacked Hangoe, Raumo, Bjernoborg,, Hingve "first, the planer would be Riihimaeki, it wa capable destroyers in Heligoland Bay, it is Jot convoying German bombers to any claimed in a German High Command United Press. part of and back, and using communique issued here. Another speed of 365 miles an bott to defend of the aircraft Is said to have been Threat of German Attack them, @amaged and the remaining six Helsinki, Jan. 13.

"Secondly, they possess twin cannons driven off by anti-aircraft fire from loudspeaker which would enable them to attack the destroyers. The raid, it is stated, erected lon, the Finnish along bombers while remaining out of was "unsuccessful." The communique Karelian Isthmus front yesterd the bomber's defer mentions no date-—Reuter. inrush—forees. that une.

"The third point, however, reveals Mine Destroys Trawler them fo be x0 poor in manceuvrablity. London, Jan. 13. and weal in gun-power 8 to be easy Prey for the Hurricanes or Spitfires.

The trawler Lucida, from Hull, Southern Finland struck amine off the north-east The Mossorsclimidt 110 has a crew bombed by Russian planes yesterday, coast yesterday and its entire crew fof twa, The pilot can fire auto "Aaho, where 30 pls ate of 14 men was killed. Witnesses on matieatiy the twin cannons and twin tacked the city The main Finnish another trawler said the Lucida was machine-guns through the propeller radio put out of commission at Dlown to fragments and disappeared of the plane. The junner with two Lahti when that city under water ina few. seconds. more machine-guns, is just behind the yesterday. Lahti sao been the target "The crew didn't have a chance." for Russian bombers for a long time "twin Daimler-Benz are twelve-they said' "She just vanished into because of the effectiveness of its cylindered, and develop 1150 horse-Rus Many "Two German Heinkel bombers at-power, 'The petrol anes which are Sovi citizens were arrested bullet' and crash-proof, hold" 400 tacked the British 932-ton steamship Leni wered charged with listening 10 wallons of fuel.

Pitwines nine miles off the York-the Lahti radio station "At its top speed of 365 miles an shire coast on Thursday night, it was Helsinki was ent off n the onl hour the Messorsehmidt will travel ight. Observers, side world all, yesterday afternoon 820 miles, and Ix apparently intended ashore heard 60 explosions durin aly raid alarm was in effec the battle. Two coastal. lifeboats No bombs were dropped within the lone-distance escort fxhter. answered the Pitwines' S.0.S, and city, although heavy explosions were "The fuselage Is too streamlined to hed the fire which the heard from a distance—United Press, @low bombs to be carried inside or Heinkels" bombs had started on the underneath the wings." the "Daily

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