BOMB THAT STRUCK H.M.S. ILLUSTRIOUS
(Received February 6, 9 p.m.) WASHINGTON. February 5. Colonel Frank Knox. Secretary of the Navy, told a Press conference that the aircraft-carrier Illustrious had recently been able to reach Malta and then Alexandria under her own power after a direct hit by a 10001 b bomb had killed 80 of her men and destroyed 20 planes. The explosion did not affect the power or navigability of the ship.
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Southland Times, Issue 24354, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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73BOMB THAT STRUCK H.M.S. ILLUSTRIOUS Southland Times, Issue 24354, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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