FLEET AIR ARM ATTACK

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 42, 13 November 1940, Page 7

FLEET AIR ARM ATTACK

Harbour In Sardinia R.A.F. OVER NAPLES AND ALBANIA ' (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 11. The Admiralty announced that Fleet Air Arm aircraft from H.M.S. Ark Royal carried out a bombing attack on the harbour and aerodrome at Cagliari, in Sardinia. Many bombs dropped in the target area, and explosions and fires were observed.

The Ark Royal was attacked by enemy bombers, but no hits were made and there is no damage and no casualties.

During the operations two shadowing enemy aircraft were destroyed by British fighters and it is also reported that others were probably damaged. All the British aircraft returned safely.

Important supply bases for Italian troops attacking Greece were bombed by R.A.F. aircraft yesterday. Docks and jetties at Sarande (Albania) were attacked and severely damaged. One bomb exploded very close to a freight ship of about 7000 tons. Konispol (Albania) was also raided, the main jetty being demolished and a road junction badly damaged. All the British aircraft returned to their base safely from these At the same time reconnaissances were made over territory as far north as and including Valona (Albania). During Saturday night, in a further attack on Naples, an oil refinery, a railway junction, and a station were the principal targets. Incendiary bombs started six fires near the oil refinery, and a very large blaze was observed as a result of the bombing of the railway station. Despite considerable antiaircraft fire from land batteries and ships in the harbour, the attack was pressed home. All the British aircraft engaged in these operations also returned to base undamaged.