HEROIC FIGHT
GUNNER ON TRAWLER GERMAN BOMBER DAMAGED (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 22. A little Grimsby trawler was recently attacked in the North Sea by a large German bomber. The skipper was killed and the mate took command of the ship. An 18-year-old gunner, Cyril Rawlings, opened fire on the attacker, which was obviously hit,.and made off, losing height and giving out smoke. Then Rawlings collapsed. He had been hit four times in the legs, but had not said a word and had continued to fire his gun. Some days later the trawler was back fishing in the same position where she had been attacked, and when the trawl was swung inboard there was a piece of the tail of an aircraft.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24772, 24 November 1941, Page 5
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