FATAL MANOEUVRE
(Rec, noon.)
RUGBY, February 1.
How an Italian destroyer encompassed its own destruction last night is told by Cairo correspondents. British aircraft were attacking an Italian convoy, consisting of a supply shipiand a destroyer, and immediately the attack began the destroyer started steaming in circles. This is a habit of Italian destroyers nowadays when under attack. The aircraft then aimed a torpedo at a supply ship, and the torpedo was running nicely when the destroyer crossed its path and was hit. The pilot of the aircraft said: "There was a big yellow flash, and we saw the destroyer already lying on her side and firing Very lights/'—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 27, 2 February 1943, Page 5
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