AIR ATTACKS
PRESSED IN WESTERN DESERT
IN SPITE OF ADVERSE WEATHER.
THREE R.A.F. PLANES MISSING
(British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) RUGBY, February 26. A R.A.F. Middle East communique states: “In the Western Desert operations yesterday were on a reduced scale, but in spite of adverse weather our fighters continued their patrol activities. On Tuesday night targets at Benghazi, and Berka were successfully attacked. Tripoli also was raided and bombs were seen to burst on the Spanish Quay and on the base at Karamanale. Three of our aircraft are missing.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 February 1942, Page 4
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92AIR ATTACKS Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 February 1942, Page 4
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