SALERNO; FLEET FIGHTS OFF NIGHT AIR ATTACK. ON BOARD HMS WARSPITE ON THE NIGHT OF 8/9 SEPTEMBER 1943 WHEN UNITS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET SUPPORTING LAND OPERATIONS IN ITALY WERE FIGHTING OFF A LOW-LEVEL TORPEDO-BOMBING ATTACK IN SALERNO BAY. IT LASTED FOR TWO HOURS, AND THE DESTROYER INGLEFIELD SHOT DOWN ONE OF THE RAIDERS. HMS WARSPITE SUCCESSFULLY DODGED TWO TORPEDOES. - anti aircraft fire streaming from an aircraft carrier during the night attack of torpedo-bombers in Salerno Bay. Astern of her is dimly seen HMS VALIANT. The mainmast of HMS WARSPITE shows in the foreground

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