RAIDED AGAIN
SHETLAND ISLANDS
SIX BOMBS DROPPED
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
(Received January 25, 10.45 a.m.)
LONDON, January 24. "
Flying high, three planes, believed to be German bombers, over the Shetland Islands, dropped six bombs, four on the central mainland, where there are no military objectives, and two at points which'have not been located. No damage is reported. ' One plane resembling a Heinkel dived towards a steamer moored alongside a quay, but did not attack. The air raid warning lasted 31 minutes.
British fighters went up, but failed to make contact with the raiders, who, according to an eye-witness, dodged behind high clouds. \
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 21, 25 January 1940, Page 12
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105RAIDED AGAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 21, 25 January 1940, Page 12
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