AIR WAR IN AFRICA
VALUABLE AID GIVEN BY FRENCHMEN ACKNOWLEDGED IN BRITISH COMMUNIQUE. FURTHER ITALIAN MACHINES DESTROYED. A Cairo communique speaks of the valuable co-operation of French airmen. in operations in the African area, a Daventry broadcast reports. At least eight Italian planes have been destroyed in the latest encounters. Successful raids have been carried out on Western Libya and Eritrea. ITALIANjREPORT (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) ROME, July 29. A communique states: “Beyond the frontier of Cyrenaica, Italian aviation has pursued bombing and machinegunning actions against enemy formations and armoured cars, making effective hits. In an aerial battle two enemy planes were shot down. Two of our planes have failed to return.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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113AIR WAR IN AFRICA Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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