CONVOY BOMBED
OFF THE COAST OF BRITTANY.
RAKING OF ENEMY VESSELS.
CANNON AND^foACHINE-G UN FIRE.
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 28. Whirlwinds, escorted by Spitfires, one of which is missing, continued the offensive against enemy shipping today, says the Air Ministry. They attacked a convoy of eight ships off the coast of Brittany. A minesweeper at the rear of the convoy received four hits from two Whirlwind bombers and another minesweeper and a trawler also received bomb hits. Despite intense light and heavy anti-aircraft fire the escorting fighters swept dow r n to a low level and raked the enemy ships with cannon and machine-gun fire. —British Official Wireless.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19430429.2.30
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 169, 29 April 1943, Page 3
Word Count
112CONVOY BOMBED Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 169, 29 April 1943, Page 3
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.