SHIPS & PLANES
SEA BATTLE WITNESSED | BY FISHERMEN I DOMES DROP NEAR BOAT. NO WARSHIP STRUCK. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) OSLO. October 12. Norwegian fishermen off the Viking Bank in the North Sea were eyewitnesses of the recent engagement between British warships and German planes. They said they first heard heavy gunfire and saw about 150 planes attacking five British warships. Their boat was caught in the battle, high explosive bombs dropping nearby. The warships were going at full speed, zigzagging and blazing away with anti-aircraft guns. The fishermen endeavoured to escape, but the battle followed them for some time. The warships finally disappeared to the west and Iho planes eastward. Shortly afterwards they heard a violent explosion and saw flames. Great red aeroplanes appeared from the west, circled over the scene and then vanished. The fishermen declared that no warship was hit.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1939, Page 6
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