LOSS OF REPULSE AND PRINCE OF WALES
t (8.0.W.) RUGBY, October 7. i With reference to the statement by ■ Admiral T. C. Hart, former Commandi er-in-Chief of the United States Asia- : tic Fleet, that Royal Air Force planes , were only 30 minutes away from the s Prince of Wales and the Repulse when ) they were sunk but that they failed to go to their help, informed quarters state i that Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, Com--3 mander-in-Chief of the British Eastern ■ Fleet, had been told before he sailed 1 that reconnaissance planes would be 1 available, hut that fighter support was : doubtful because of the Japanese cap--1 ture of the aerodromes. Two hours after the departure of the .ships Admiral Phillips was advised by i radio that fighters would not be available. He returned to a place which could be reached by fighters after he had been found by Japanese reconnaissance aircraft, but no call for fighter assis- . tance was made until the action was in 1 progress. Three or four fighters, then , available, left within seven minutes and . flew 150 miles to the scene of the ac- ? tion, but both ships had then been sunk.
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Southland Times, Issue 24870, 9 October 1942, Page 5
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195LOSS OF REPULSE AND PRINCE OF WALES Southland Times, Issue 24870, 9 October 1942, Page 5
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