CONVOYS ATTACKED
TWELVE RAIDERS OVER NORTH SEA The first attack by German raiders on ships under British convoy took place yesterday in the North Sea when a flight of twelve bombers appeared, over a group of protected vessels on their way to British ports. Bombs were dropped but tlie re was no d amage to the vessels. A number of British lighters however took the air, with the result that four of the raiders were brought down and fell into the sea. There were no British casualties.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 78, 23 October 1939, Page 5
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