St. Nazaire Attacked
[British Official Wireless] (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY. March 8. One enemy aircraft was destroyed last night. An Air Ministry communique states that last night aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked the enemy naval base of St. Nazaire. One of our aircraft is missing. One person was injured and slight damage was done by cannon and ma-chine-gun fire from fighters which appeared over the south coast of England on Saturday morning, states a communique. Nothing else was reported at daylight today. Trawler Bags Plane The Admiralty states that another German bomber has been destroyed by one of His Majesty’s trawlers on escort duty with a convoy. A Heinkel 111 was engaged by the trawler Cornelian as it approached the convoy. The enemy aircraft received a direct hit and crashed into the sea. There were no casualties or damage to ships in the convoy or to the trawler.
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Northern Advocate, 9 March 1942, Page 3
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