COWARDLY ATTACK.
ON BRITISH LIGHTSHIP. SEVERAL ON BOARD HURT. (British Official Wireless.) Received August 3. 2.25 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 2. German airmen are continuing, their brutal attacks upon lightships. When, last week, the Trinity House tender Alert was attacked with bombs and machine-guns by German aircraft, three German ’planes attacked' twice with bombs, and then twice raked the ship with machine gun fire. Some of the crew and lighthouse men were wounded l>v machine-gun fire. There was no question of the Germans being unaware of the identity of the Alert or her non-belligerent activities. In addition to bearing the large Trinity House ensign, the Alert had the .words “Lighthouse Service” painted on the sides of her hull in two-foot letters, and the German aircraft dived to 100 ft when attacking.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 8
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130COWARDLY ATTACK. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 8
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