SURPRISE RAID
ON ENEMY AERODROME IN TRIPOLI HANGARS AND PLANES DESTROYED. TREMENDOUS EXPLOSIONS CAUSED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 8. It is officially announced that Royal Air Force bombers last night heavily raided Castel Benito, near the town of Tripoli (Libya). They set fire to hangars and destroyed at least eight grounded planes. Hits were scored on. all five hangars on the aerodrome, two of which were set on fire, causing tremendous explosions of petrol and bomb dumps. Administrative quarters were also hit and large fires were started. Other hangars were damaged by incendiary bombs and machine-gun fire. The attack was apparently a complete surprise. All the British planes returned.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 December 1940, Page 5
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