FIGHT WITH STORM.
BOMBERS TORN FROM MOORINGS 300 MEN WORK FOUR HOURS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 24. Three hundred members of the Royal Air Force fought desperately for four hours in the darkness to save 20 eight-ton bombers, which were at the mercy of a 90-mile an hour hurricane at Eavanton, Ross-shire, where the hangar accommodation was insufficient. Although each bomber was tied to 12 steel pegs, the wind tore them from their moorings and drove them round the aerodrome like pieces of paper. One was lifted and crashed into the bomber behind it, which wrecked a third. All three were interlocked and the men clinging to the wings were hurled 300 yards, stopping only when driven into the shelter of a hangar. Five other ’planes were severely damaged.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 89, 25 January 1938, Page 5
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