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NAZI AIR

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 20, 1939.

TACTICS

Still Attacking Defenceless Fishing Craft

GERMANY'S

BOMB GRIMSBY R.A.F. RAIDS

AIR LOSSES TRAWLERS AND THEN ON NORTH

USE MACHINE-GUNS GERMANY

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London, To-day.

Several of the latest type Messerschmidt fighters, the new two-engined craft known as ME 110 were among those shot down by R.A.F. bombers in Monday night's air battle A over Heligoland.

It is now stated that more than 12 German machines were shot down.

Ong British maching, which wat isolated from the rest of the squadron, and was persistently attacked by German fighters pur- suing it out to sea, shot down five Itself.

In the course

of a series of

London, To-day.

GERMAN AEROPLANES are again attacking de- fenceless British fishing craft, and yesterday sank one and injured three of the crew of a second. Both were Grimsby trawlers. member of the crew of the first vessel said that bombs were first dropped on them and then the German aircraft machine-gunned the ship Three men in the forecastle were killed by a bomb and another was injured.

The cook is missing from the other' trawler, which was only a quarter of a com-mile away at the time. The skipper, bats, first the gunner and then, the reports that seven bombs were drop- observer were wounded, and the seped, and all of them missed. An aerial cond pilot then took over the rear torpedo was then fired and it exploded. machine-gun and used it with deadly under the trawler just as the crew effect. Havas.

were trying to launch their small boat. -Reuter.

FOUR BRITISH AIRMEN RESCUED

STALIN'S BIRTHDAY

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MOSCOW, TO-DAY. THE SOVIET IS CELEBRATING STALIN'S SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY.

GERMAN PLANES IN SHETLAND AREA

London, To-day. German aeroplanes were reported London, To-day. off the Shetlands yesterday afternoon,

The whole press follows the exam- Four British airmen, believed to R.A.F. fighters went up to give battle.ple of "Pravda," which devotes two have taken part in Monday's big air-Reuter. battle, have been picked up at sea in their collapsible boat. A naval trawler landed them at an East Coast, port yesterday.-Reuter.

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THIRTEEN ŞURVIVORS OF NORWEGIAN SHIR

London, To-day. Thirteen survivors from a Norwe-beasts." gian ship, were, landed at an Scottish port yesterday.The captain and four men are missing, and seven are injured.

east

Although no submarine was sight- ed, it is believed that the ship, a ves- sel of 1,568 tons, was torpedoed.

The survivors were in the open sea for nine hours before they were pick- ed up by a Greek steamer-Reuter.

THE “GLITREFJELL”

London, To-day. Thirteen survivors of the Nor--

(1,508 wegian steamer Glitrefjell tons) were landed in a Scottish port yesterday.

The captain and four seamen lost their lives.

It is believed the vessel was tor-

pedoed.-Reuter.

ITALIAN SHIP LANDS BRITONS

Genoa, To-day.

cargo

The captain of the Italian steamer Caterina Gerollmich reported on arrival here that he had landed at Dover British sailors taken from a German submarine In the English Channel.

were

The sailors, four of whom wounded, were from the British steamer Daring, which was torpedoed by a U-boat which later put them on board the Italian vessel.-Reuter.

TRAWLER. TRAGEDY.

London, To-day. The German planes earlier sighted: near, the Shetland Isles yesterday at-1 tacked six trawlers to the north of the

islands.

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One of the vessels arrived in port with two-deck hands killed and two- wounded and the wheelhouse blown away.

eported sighting smoke in the distance, probably Indicating

trav was burning.

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London, To-day. A German communique in

Berlin claims that the R.A.F. made a raid on the north- west coast of Germany on Monday, trying to reach the Frisan Islands, between 5.40 p.m. and 9.40 p.m.

In connection with the earlier raid,

which, the Air. Ministry announces, 12 Messerschmidts were shot down,

and 7 R.A.F. bombers have not been accounted for, the full account can- not be made until the reports of the British pilots participating in raid have been collated.

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the

One of

bomber formations went to attack enemy warships. The bombers found no warships, but were almost immediately attacked by wave on wave of enemy 'planes.

The Germans are still making ex- aggerated claims and giving figures of their

"amazing successes.” They claim to have brought down more British 'planes than took part in the raid!-Reuter.

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HELSINKI

An exhibition of "Stalin in Soviet SPY ARREST

art and literature" is opening to-day in Leningrad. Havas.

Wong Ching-yee, of No. 16, Lan Kai Fong, has reported that while walking in Queen's Road Central yesterday, a watch valued at $45 was snatched from her hand.

OFF THE RECORD

Helsinki, To-day.

A sensation was caused yesterday by the arrest of a man said to be a German spy in the leading hotel in Helsinki.

He was employed there as a porter and is accused of engaging in espion- rge on behalf of the Reich-Reuter.

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