TWO ENEMY SHIPS HIT
ATTACKED BY CANADIAN AIRMEN ACTION OFF DUTCH COAST (Rec. 10 a.m.) Rugby, June 12. Hudsons of a Canadian Coastal Command squadron bombed and hit two enemy vessels off the Dutch coast during the night. The crew of one of the Hudsons sighted a convoy of four medium-sized enemy supply ships shortly after midnight and immediately attacked the largest. The pilot flew so low that his trailing aerial was torn off by the masts. At least three of the bombs were direct hits. Half an hour later while on the way home the crew saw a brilliant flash on the horizon and it is believed the ship may have blown up. A second Hudson was on its first operational sortie and claimed a direct hit on a small enemy vessel. —B.O. W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 13 June 1942, Page 5
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