SUNK BY AIRCRAFT
ENEMY SUPPLY SHIPS OFF COAST OF NORWAY LONDON, Sept. 8. An Admiralty communique states; Aircraft of the Eleet Air Arm have again been operating over the coast of Norway. Skuas and Swordfish sighted two enemy supply ships. A hit was obtained on one of these and the ship was last seen abandoned and sinking. The other was seriously damaged by near misses and was last seen stopped with a heavy list and abandoned by her crew. These were the only two ships seen. All our aircraft returned safely.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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91SUNK BY AIRCRAFT Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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