Our pom-poms pumped or almost solid stream of two-pou and there was a flash and at plosion midway down me fus while the entire rear half of plane broke away and fell int sea. A split second la Int "ter tin half of the plane had er: cloud of spray. "A large a few seconds was a drifting over we of the five me. of the Italian plane's crew, Ttalian fighter was th end of its loop, it plunged, int water. The attack ended were steaming towards Birch Tunisia. They were miles away The Commander announced the ship's radio, that the Ark m. was to send a torpedo-striking {dope to attack. Aircraft must be Jot ready with all possible speed, men, clustered around the loudspeaker on the flight deck, cheered and dashed away.
Jallans Race for Home ti ser Fiji was the first belated admission of the loss of that ship.
Actually, a full list "of naval losses in the Battle of Crete includ-
all over the world by the Admiralty ing that of the isi, was published as far back as May 27, states Reuters Naval Correspondent—Reuter. esterday Soon a full Swordfish squadron was, on deck with engines ticking over and. Two reconnaissance qose took off first. Somer-'Ville decided to try to intercept the Ttalians. He sent battleships, cruisers and. a big force of destroyers ing away at full 3 and fighter aircraft roared off the deck and vanished.
Two hours passed away before we heard that the Wallens, apparently informed of our strength wy the returned and London, however, announced the convoy had reached its destination United Press,
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