The Archive · 1940

Nazi Bombs Miss British Aircraft Carrier

This series of pictures illustrate a German bomb attack on @ British aircraft carrier which, by the superb seamanship of its commander, escaped without damage.

Upper left shows a bomb dropping perilously close to the ship.

Upper right, a salvo of bombs drop immediately ahead of the dodging craft. Below, a salvo of bombs which fell very wide of the mark; and lower right, a bomb which dropped uncomfortably close to the warship from which these pictures were taken,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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