ON MANY FRONTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 5

ON MANY FRONTS

R.A.F. PLANES ACTIVE IN AFRICA AND ALBANIA. RHODES AGAIN BOMBED. •(British Official Wireless.l (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) RUGBY, February 11. Highly successful bombing operations against the island of Rhodes are among the many activities recorded in an R.A.F. Middle East communique, which states: "During a lull in North Africa, R.A.F. activity has been continued on other fronts. Heavy bombers again atacked Calato, on the Island of Rhodes, and dropped several tons of bombs on an aerodrome and on dispersed aircraft around it. Buildings and aircraft were seen to be ablaze and it is confirmed that ten aircraft were destroyed and others damaged. "In .Albania, buildings at Tepelene and Dukat were set on lire by bombs dropped by other R .A.F. bombers. "A large enemy bomber formation composed of Breda 20's and S 79’s, escorted by twenty CR 42's attempted to attack Janina yesterday. They were intercepted by a formation of our lighters which shot down one Breda 20 and one S 79, and damaged several others. "In Italian East Africa yesterday a motoi transport yard near the station at Asmara was attacked by our bomb-1 ers. Stores in a wood near Keren were: also bombed and in the same area on; the previous day bombing attack*; were i made on railway tracks. "In the Kalaoa area, native troop com entrations were attacked by a South African .Air Force squadron with high explosive and incendiary bombs. Last Friday, a bombing squadron of the South African Air Force dive-bombed a road and bridges and a i pontoon bridge at Dolo The pilots i the" visited l.ugh Fcrrandi. where they : succeeded in destroying hangars on the i aerodrome. "From al! the operation-- our aireruf' ■ re‘urn*-d safely ” I