TNA ADM 199 795

Collection details

TNA ADM 199 795

Admiralty reports on naval operations off the Dutch, Belgian and French coasts during 1940.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 795

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
320	Log in to enlarge	129 114 From:- R.M.Maclean Master S/S King George V Yes To :- Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate. Whilst entering Dunkirk on Saturday June 1st there was a severe air attack onthe ship. This ship had four Lewis guns but only three gunners. D.MacKinnor A.B. immediately manned the seaman to man Lewis gun and show such remarkable coolness spare gun and blazed away like an expert. For & Merchant Navy and iniative under a heavy bombing and flying shrapnel was deserving of all praise.	Expert King George King George V TS King George V George King Lewis Maclean

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 320.

129
114
From :- R.M.Maclean Master S/S King George V
Yes
To
:- Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate.
Whilst entering Dunkirk on Saturday June 1st there was
a severe air attack onthe ship. This ship had four Lewis guns
but only three gunners. D.MacKinnor A.B. immediately manned the
seaman to man Lewis gun and show such remarkable coolness
spare gun and blazed away like an expert. For & Merchant Navy
and iniative under a heavy bombing and flying shrapnel was deserving
of all praise.