H.M.S. ILLUSTRIOUS
EI-TECT GF ENEMY BOMB STATEMENT BY COLONEL KNOX. CAS U A 1/I’l F.S AND DAM AG E i By Telegraph—Press zVssoclutlur.- -Copyright f WASHINGTON. February 5. The Secretary of the Navy. Colonel Knox. told a Press conference that HALS Illustrious was able to reach Malta arid then .Alexandria under her power offer reecivmg a direct hit by ; 10001 b bomb in the action last month. Eight,’.’ men were killed and 20 planes destroyed, but the explosion did not effect the aircraft-carrier’s P'-ovcr or navigability
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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86H.M.S. ILLUSTRIOUS Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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