BOMBERS ACTIVE.
OFF SCOTTISH COAST.
R.A.F. FIGHTERS IN ACTION.
• (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) ' V i ; ; LONDON, March 17. R.A.-F. Fighters intercepted four enemy bombers off the Scottish coast and damaged two, one of which is not likely to reach its'base.' A German plane, swooping down, ma-chine-gnnncd a collier off the north-east coast of Scotland. The collier replied with machine-gun fire, after which the
’plane departed. Two enemy ’planes later bombed tjrroe trawlers. British fighters chased them off. V ' '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 134, 18 March 1940, Page 5
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