GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Royal Navy warships escorting a British convoy in the Mediterranean attacked by German torpedo bombers and divebombers with one aircraft shot down in flames to crash into the sea
Full Description:
SLATE INFORMATION: Mediterranean Fleet Beats Axis Warplanes
MEDITERRANEAN OCEAN:
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AEROPLANES GERMAN. German plane ABLAZE & CRUSHING IS SEA (V. G.) planes in distance in heavy A. A. fire attacking
AEROPLANES GERMAN. Convoy in Mediterranean
ANTI-AIRCRAFT German planes attack convoy in Med::in heavy A.A. fire from our ships
CAMOUFLAGE. Camouflaged ships (Naval Vessel)
NAVAL. Bombers attack British patrols in Mediterranean.. H.M.S.Naiad..Heavy A.A. fire..bombs drop in sea.. enemy plane ABLAZE & CRASHING IN SEA..(V.G.) bomb near misses cruiser..pom-pom crew..
Navy - Active; Airforce - Active
destroyer, convoy, Royal Navy, lookout, Eastern Mediterranean, fleet, armada, Junkers 87 Stuka divebomber, Junkers 88 torpedo bomber, ack ack, flak, anti-aircraft fire, quad guns, pom pom, naval gunfire, torpedo, bombs, explosions, turret, machine gun, strafe, cannon, crash, fire, flame, WWII, World War II, Second World War
Background: Royal Navy warships escorting a British convoy in the Mediterranean attacked by German torpedo bombers and divebombers with one aircraft shot down in flames to crash into the sea
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