ENEMY CONVOY BOMBED
ONE SHIP IN SINKING CONDITION i (Rec. 1.50 p.m.) Rugby, Aug. 1 ! In daylight to-day Blenheim aircraft : ot the Bomber Command escorted by I fighters attacked enemy vessels in a I convoy off the Belgian coast, states an Air Ministry communique, which coni' tinues: “Bombs were seen to straddle I two ships in a convoy and later in the I day a ship of about 2000 tons was seen !to be burning and in . sinking condi- ' tion. Two bombers and one lighter are ! missing—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 2 August 1941, Page 6
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87ENEMY CONVOY BOMBED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 2 August 1941, Page 6
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