PATROL ACTIVITY
TOBRUK HARBOUR ATTACKED DIRECT HITS ON LARGE VESSEL (Rec. 9.55 a.m.) Rugby, Oct. 15. Our patrols were active on the night of 13th-14th October. Yesterday there was nothing to report from our land forces. Air activity over the battle area was on a reduced scale. Our fighterbombers attacked targets in the southern sector and at El Daba. Two enemy aircraft were shot down during an offensive sweep. American heavy bombers carried out in daylight an attack on shipping in Tobruk harbour. Two direct hits were claimed pn a large merchant vessel.—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 October 1942, Page 5
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