DETAILS OF THE RAIO
AT LEAST TWELVE BOMBS DROPPED I FRAGMENT HITS SMALL - O HOUSE - iitr "l ' * r' (Received November 15, 11.45 ajn.)] -"+1 LONDON, November 14.' ' " ** J The four German planes which took C part in the Shetland Islandsycaid^onlj \,J| November 13 dropped at least twelve v yl bombs of 5001b each. One 71b fragment ,1/ hit a small house. Foujr of the bombv . ''" described as aerial torpedoes, fell into' , '"". the sea. Four, bunched together, struck' t v ~\ land a quarter of a mile from schools l\which were occupied at the time. Four ' "■ \ more struck a hilltop three miles dis* „- tant The bombs made craters 20ft . wide and 9ft deep, and threw earth and . j£ stones 150 ft into the air. ( ' <"* The planes were flying low owing _ f} to heavy rain, and were visible for ' A~ only a few seconds when the anti-air*- _X}? craft guns opened fire. Two of the planes were seen to wobble.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 9
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157DETAILS OF THE RAIO Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 9
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