BRITISH PLANES BUSK
NIGHT & DAV ATTACKS ' IN MEDITERRANEAN SHIPS & SHORE BASES SUFFER. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE DONE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.3 p.m.) RUGBY, November 6. A R.A.F. Middle East communique states: “Petrol dumps at Benghazi, Berka and Benita, as well as stores and workshops at Nena and motor transport at Bardia were attacked by our aircraft during the night of November 4. Bad weather obscured the results of the, bombing, but many fires and a number of explosions were observed. “Yesterday enemy troops, petrol tankers and lorries on the road between Ajedabya and El Agheila were effectively machine-gunned by our fighters. Violent explosions followed an attack by bombers on dumps at the Berka Aerodrome. Our aircraft engaged enemy fighters over the target and one CR42 was seen falling out of control. “In the Gulf of Sirte yesterday, enemy merchant ships were attacked by our bombers. One medium-sized vessel was left sinking rapidly, with clouds of black smoke issuing from it. A second vessel was straddled by bombs.
“From these and other operations three of our planes are missing.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1941, Page 6
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