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Re: Attack On Shipping December 1939
That date actually signified a change in tactics adopted by Fliegerkorps X in its on-going offensive against Allied shipping off the East coast of England and the English Channel and there are many anti-shipping attacks recorded prior to this. Three He111s of Korpsfuhrungsstaffel Fl.Korps X were despatched over the Channel that day and one attacked the tanker Agnita carrying ballast from Cardiff to Amsterdam at position 50.42 N 00.44 E some 28 miles east of Beachy Head placing one SD-50 bomb in the engine room. She put in to Southampton for repair. Nothing on Sultan Star I'm afraid but the Tuscan Star was reported to have had a near miss.
(Source: Heinrich Weiss)
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