ARK ROYAL IN ACTION
“Ten enemy bombers escorted by fighters attacked our forces at 2.35 p.m., but owing to the action of Fleet Air Arm fighters, they did not damage any ship. Fifteen bombers in three waves again attacked at 4.40 p.m. and Fleet Air Arm fighters again intercepted them but some of the bombers were able to carry out an attack. “The Ark Royal disappeared from sight after the splashes of about 30 bombs falling close to her. She emerged from the spray with all her guns firing furiously and sustained neither damage nor casualties. “Two Italian float planes were shot down. “One of our fighters has not returned to her ship. Apart from this and the sligh’t damage to the Berwick we sustained neither damage nor casualties.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 November 1940, Page 5
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