AIR WARFARE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 9

AIR WARFARE

OPERATIONS IN JANUARY. HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES. 'British Official Wireless, i RUGBY. February 1. The following figures compiled from Official communiques show tile aircraft losses in the various theatres of war during January. Over Britain and British coastal waters the Germans lost 23 aircraft and the British one. Over enemy and enemy-occupied territory the Germans lost seven airccraft and the British 18. At sea the Germans had no losses and the British lost one. Over the Mediterranean fronts, including Africa. Albania and Malta, the enemy lost 87 in the air and 97 on the ground, and the British lost 14. There were 41 alerts in the London area in January, lasting 88 hours. The alerts since the outbreak of the war total 1268 hours. There were 18 nights last month without an alert. Except on the Albanian front the air operations in the European theatre of war have been on a small scale- during' the week ended January 31 Because ■f extremely advene weather condiI times <»rs fi.i.ir nq’iits .mt of the sewn no bombing operations were carried lout ..ver Germany or occupied terri- ; lory by tin- Rosa! Air Fm\w On the other nights industrial large’; were I bombed, am! both Wditeim-!:a v-. n amt Lorient were visited. No luss.us were 1 sustained by the R.A.F. aircraft engaged in the operations.