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"ILLUSTRIOUS"
THE STORY of the brilliant organisation, seamanship, and gunnery which saved the aircraft- carrier Illustrious when she was subjected to a series of air attacks in the Mediterranean on January 10, can now be told. Within a few hours this ship was the main target for six air attacks in which nearly one hundred German and Italian 'planes took part. Both bombs and torpedoes were aimed at her, but. only a very small proportion of the scores of bombs hit.
The Illustrious was sailing with the battle fleet when the early attacks were made. The first attack was by a couple of torpedo-bombers. Both launch- ed their torpedoes at her, but the aircraft-carrier altered course in good time and these missed. Naval aircraft from the carrier chased the enemy back to the shore.
A fow miles from Matta seventeen enemy aircraft ap- peared. This was a combined
Soon afterwards German dive-, not pressed home. The rest of bombers launched the worst attack the German aircraft made a last of the day. In wave after wave attempt to attack, but were driven some forty of these dived on the off without dropping a bomb. fleet, 'concentrating on the Illus trious, which was hit by several bombs. These put some of the anti-aircraft guns out of action, did damage between decks, and started several fires. But still the gun crews kept up their barrage, and the Fleet Air Arm
fought
GERMAN WAR SONG
Among German sol- diers who have been -kept on the move for two years a popular song is, "We Haven't Any Home
Any More."
The words are writ- ten on cars and tanks.
ITALIAN PEACE QUEST
high-level and dive-bombing All this talk in London attack, and again the enemy about an imminent peace
was beaten off.
The Illustrious was in sight of move by Italy-I discount the dive-bombers in the air while the harbour when the last alarm it by 90 per cent., as wish- the ship took avoiding action. Two was raised. Two enemy torpedo- of the young British naval pilots Illustrious opened such a hot and London Correspondent.
bombers were sighted, but the ful thinking, writes who had exhausted their ammuni-
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tion in an earlier fight made accurate fire that no definite at-
There is, however, an ever-in- dummy attacks on German dive-tack developed. So. after about bombers and put
attack, the creasing indication that the Vati- them off thei, seven hours of air
Illustrious made port. Even then can wants peace--and may, there- aim.
she was the focus for a number ¦ fore, get peace
as a result Fire-Fighters' Bravery of air attacks during which her of Mussolini's waning popularity. guns helped to beat off the I do not expect any obvious raiders.
moves for some weeks-perhaps But fine organisation saved her months--but Italy is suffering intensified by at sea and helped to save her in from war nerves,
the British port. "From the fact that the ship the knowledge that was saved and brought into har-Fleet and the R.A.F. have not yet bour it is evident that the entire made a full-scale attack propor- ship's organisation, the centralised tlonate with their power. control of damage, and the initia- tive and energy shown by all were of a very high order," says to time the
the official report. made sallies into the burning hangar. braving the risk of explosions from aircraft with full petrol tanks. At each sally the men were able to do something to check the fire.
Most of the many small fires started by bombs were quickly put out and damage done below decks was soon shored up, but a serious fire in a section of one hangar defied all efforts of the reinforced
fire-fighting parties, Damage caused by a heavy bomb in this section hampered efforts to fight the flames, but from time
fire-fighters
to
Strong is the fear that Britain's silence regarding her plans create a diversion to help Russia is a calm before the storm-des- tined to sweep the British Em- pire's avenging armies, not only through the Libyan desert, and off "The ship suffered
to Sicily (to cut damage in not only
with communications attacks carried German four of the ten
but also to the very out on her at sea and in Malta. Tripoli) The two final attacks were on a shores of Italy herself.
Final Attacks
Steering-Gear Breaks very large scale, with at least fifty
aircraft in each, but these only scored one hit owing to the deter- mined manner in which the guns were fought.
AFTER THIS, THE LAST HOPES OF ITALIAN INDEPEN- DENCE-AND THE LAST PRE- TENCE OF ITALIAN PRIDE WOULD ABSOLUTELY VAN-
V.
SPITFIRE BEFORE
The engine-room and repair ISH. parties paved a vulnerable ship
damage after severe
and in difficult conditions. Seventy bombs fell in the Immediate vicinity of the ship during the four large-scale attacks.
DINNER
Now the Illustrious, with destroyers in attendance, turned and headed for Malta. At this stage her steering-gear broke down and the ship had to be steered with her engines. The ship was also developing a list because of the accumulation of water being noured on the fires. Everybody aboard was working, at high pres- sure to rescue the wounded, re-
Enemy Losses last war living in Britain-have pair damage, and fight Aress One
sent £48 to help buy a Spitfire party had a great struggle to
Apart from the very heavy instead of holding an annual prevent water reaching the losses inflicted on the enemy dur-dinner. dynamos,
ing the raids on Malta, the Illus- triqus and her aircraft imposed YEAR “MISSING” the following losses on the enemy Nine
Down In the boller-rooms conditions were growing almost
The Diggers Abroad Associa- tion Australian soldiers of the
CAPTIVE
Thirteen months after being
A further reported missing, Edward Gar-
seaman, of
unbearable. The draught fans during the attacks at sea: were pouring down thick clouds German aircraft were seen to be of black smoke and fumes from shot down, five by naval aircraft chemical fire extinguishers. But and four by gunfire. steam had to be maintained, at seven were seen to be damaged, nett, 67, a Manx all costs. The men in the boller: and at least two of these almost Ballabeg, Arbory, has written rooms had to breathe through certainly failed to return to their his wife telling her he is a pri-
base.
soner of war in Germany.'" wet cloths, gasping to get each. breath,
Then a third air attack on the ship-was launched. This was a high-level bombing attack by seven bombers which were sighted far off and tackled in good time by the fighter aircraft, The at- tackers were forced to drop their bombs harmlessly in the sea.
Little Respite
TERRIFIC STORMS
END BRITISH HEAT
BRITAIN'S HEAT-WAVE, which lasted a beaten off the Illustrious was tem- month, ended abruptly on July 12 with terrific
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ing in wide circles. She was Rod Lightning killed two men and a under control and again headed
for Malta, but the enemy did not girl, and a six months old boy give her much breathing-space. | was drowned in a London base- Soon fifteen Junkers dive-bomb-|ment":"
London factory, felling the walls and roof. Two hundred firemen fought the flames."
A gunner in a Midlands gunpit ers protected by five fighters were The censor now permits the was fatally injured by lightning Seen approaching. The first ware facts to be revealed, and a 17-year-old girl, an evacuee dived to the attack-and two of The preas which suffered most from London, was also fatally in-. their bombs fell near The second were London, the Home Counties, jured while sitting on a wire wave followed quickly but were and Wales, where several inches fence in the shelter of some trees. no more successful, although one of rain fell in a few minutes. The girl's companions, sitting bomb scored a "near miss." The Roads became impassable, trains on the ground, were not hurt. carrier's gun crews, although were held up, houses damaged, Spectators at the Eton and handicapped by the smoke from telephonos put out of action and Harrow cricket match were dren- ched and many "gowns, -were the fire in the shio, put un such low-lying villages flooded.
`a~ barrage that this attack was Lightning struck a North ruined...