BUILT TO BE BOMBED
R.A.F. HAS NOW AN AUNT SALLY
FLEET
Defying high explosives, bomb fumes and death bj r drowning, men are putting to sea in speed-boats which have been specially built to be bombed by the R.A.F.
These intrepid men are the crews aboard armour-plated 40-foot boats, built in British yards renowned for facing craft and designed to withstand hits from light practice bombs
Direct hits simply drill holes clean through the liull, which, being packed with a special buoyant substance of cork, can be "mended" comparatively simply.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 142, 15 August 1941, Page 3
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90BUILT TO BE BOMBED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 142, 15 August 1941, Page 3
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