TWO BIG AIR RAIDS
ENEMY TAKEN BY SURPRISE LONDON, October 12. “ After a week of much-reduced l activity, in which inclement weather interfered with operations, the Air Arm went into action strongly on October 9, when .two of the biggest raids in the Westejrn Desert were carried out by surprise,” says the Western Desert correspondent of ‘ The Times.’ “ The objectives were enemy landing grounds in the low-lying coastal plain, as well as aircraft, anti-aircraft batteries, transport, and administration buildings. The pilots after the raids talked of members of enemy gun crews standing open-mouthed watching our aircraft sweep in from the sea, and being shot down before they fully realised what was happening.” Reports from Cairo state that in the next desert battle the Axis will have more American weapons and greater man power of the United Nations against them than at any other time in desert warfare.
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Evening Star, Issue 24324, 13 October 1942, Page 3
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147TWO BIG AIR RAIDS Evening Star, Issue 24324, 13 October 1942, Page 3
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