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NAZI ATTACKS ON DEFENCELESS SHIPPING CREWS MACHINE-GUNNED ON THE DECKS (Official Wireless) (Received Dec. 20, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 19 Fuller details of the new campaign of terrorism launched by Nazi airmen against defenceless British and neutral shipping, referred to by Mr Winston Churchill in his broadcast, have been disclosed in a joint Admiralty and Air Ministry statement. Bombing attacks were made on Sunday on 14 merchant and fishing vessels in the North Sea, and in most cases the men on their decks were machine-gunned. Two men have been killed and six injured. Eleven of the ships were fishing trawlers. Two were motor vessels and one was an Italian steamer. One motor ship and four trawlers were sunk. Royal Air Force fighters twice flew to the rescue of the ships, but the raiders hastily made off, though some damage was inflicted by British machine-gunners.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20992, 20 December 1939, Page 7
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148LAUNCHED BY GERMAN AIRMEN Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20992, 20 December 1939, Page 7
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