SEEN FROM SHORE
BOMBING OF SHIP
NO DAMAGE BELIEVED DONE
(Received February ,10, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, February 9.
The Nazi plane which was brought down today close to North Berwick missed telegraph wires and struck a fence.
Large crowds on the seashore saw two Nazi planes bomb a vessel off the Scottish coast.
Another plane bombed and machinegunned vessels off the English coast.
So far it is believed no damage was done.
A plane machine-gunned and bombed a fishing boat but scored no hits. Fighters chased off the enemy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 35, 10 February 1940, Page 11
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