ATTACK ON CONVOY
AIRMAN CAUSES EXPLOSION LONDON, October 1. Spotting a convoy of about twenty ships about to move out of anchor in the Mount Schiilling roads last night the pilot of a Royal Air Force Coastal Command Wellington selected the largest—a 400-ton ship—for attack. Fifteen seconds later he saw an amber glow and the whole ship covered with spray from a bomb explosion. There was no flak from the ships until after the attack. Then it was inaccurate.
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Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22468, 2 October 1944, Page 5
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79ATTACK ON CONVOY Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22468, 2 October 1944, Page 5
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