Late News SCAPA FLOW RAID
<> First British Civilian Casualties DAMAGE TO FIVE COTTAGES (By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright.) (Received March 18. 1.45 arm.) LONDON, March 17. Yesterday's raid by Nazi bombers on Scapa Flow caused the first civilian casualties from air raids. Among the seven wounded were two women residents of a village. Five cottages were damaged. The Admiralty announcement tells how the attackers met fighter aircraft together with the blaze of fire from ships’ batteries, and shore defences.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 148, 18 March 1940, Page 10
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77Late News SCAPA FLOW RAID Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 148, 18 March 1940, Page 10
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