R.A.F. RAIDS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 January 1941, Page 6

R.A.F. RAIDS

IN AFRICAN THEATRES & ITALY MANY SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS. TARANTO AND NAPLES BOMBED • I!riU-h Official Wlivlrss.l • Received This Day. 11 2») am ■ RUGBY. Jan.lary 1. A Cairo General Headquarter cotnI inunique states:-- , Tn the Bartha area. : in Libya, our artillery has again been active. On the frontiers >•/ the Sudan anti Kenya, patrolling and artillery activity cmiiimics ” A RAE Middle East comtmmiqUe (states -— ’Enemy troops ,md motor , transport nitiniitratHms ami military i stores in anti to the west of Bardih were heavily attacked by R A E bombers yesterday Several raids were made ami 01: each occasion our bombs fill ; within the target area. Our lighters wvr- avliw throughout the day. but no contact was marie with the enemy. One cr.emt aircraft was seen burning on the ground " ■During the night of December 30. air attacks weie made on Taranto and Naples In addition, our aircraft bombed Palermo Harbour and a rhemir.'i! factory at Croumne At Taranto naval j units wcr<* the objective and eleven in mbs were seen to burst round tintarget V.iloiia was raider! yesterdov for the 23rd time T’iie 'weather conditions wen- bad. but al! the bombs wore ob- ■ rrved u> fall in the target area and i. (i<i<ler.il>le damm.c was caused Enrmy lighters intercepted mtr mrcraft •jfid in the ensuing engagetneui one of (lie <m-my machines was badly damaged Non of ours ( nled !>» return tn their base Oui ilghtec while mi p.i’i ’l < n December 38 shot down another Cant 7.508. additional to the o;>«- el an e.l in '. csteillay - communique weie made on an cm-my romp Mid landing ground near Gubba Fires V.elc I.uteri m-.ide the romp while bombs fell cP t‘> .m enemy .aircraft which w.r, sub-.-qurnfly mm'hmegunned ami • I < liev« d tn h..v<- b< <m de-.',r''Ved Al A-■-;.!> scii' Were ... W.U chouses anti other . i. ; < < !:>. <■. it- I!.!" fell ailing ti;.- w.itcifi.id .uni mntoi tr.’.'i-jxirt li.mglulla as 3 tesv.l'. e-f .< raid on 'diat cnc.imj im r.t _______