HERAT AND VALONA
RAIDED BY THE R.A.F. . AERODROMES AND PLANES DAMAGED. PETROL DUMP SET ON FIRE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) RUGBY, March IG. A communique issued by the headquarters of the R.A.F. in Greece states: "Successful attacks were made by R.A.F. bombers on enemy aerodromes at Berat and Valona yesterday. At Berat a number of aircraft on the ground were destroyed and others were damaged. A petrol dump was set on fire, the blaze being visible for a distance of fifty miles. Direct hits on a runway were scored at Valona and four aircraft on the ground were destroyed and others probably damaged. All the British aircraft returned safely. "It is now definitely confirmed that in aii- combat on March 11, seven enemy aircraft were destroyed instead of five as originally announced. On March 13, the total number of enemy aircraft lost in battle in the Klisura area was fifteen, instead of fourteen. The pilots of two R.A.F. aircraft seen to be escaping by parachute during a successful engagement on March 14 are reported to have returned unharmed to their units.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 March 1941, Page 6
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