AIR OPERATIONS
ON CONSIDERABLE SCALE IN CYRENAICA & ACROSS MEDITERRANEAN. TARANTO AGAIN BOMBED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.0 a.m.) RUGBY, June 12. A R.A.F. Middle East communique states: “Yesterday air operations in the forward area of Cyrenaica continued on a. considerable scale. Enemy motorised units in the Knightsbridge area were heavily bombed, while further west targets at Jalo and Antelat were attacked. In the Acroma region, our fighter aircraft shot down two Messerschmitt 109 s. It is now known that a further Junkers 87 was destroyed in operations on Wednesday. “The Italian naval base at Taranto was again bombed on Wednesday night. Large fires were started in the dockyards area. On the same night objectives in Crete were raided. “During the 24 hours ending at midday yesterday, our fighter aircraft destroyed over Malta two Messerschmitt 190 s, one Macchi 202, one RE 2001 and one BR 20. “Four of our aircraft are missing. Three pilots, previously reported missing. are now known to be safe.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 June 1942, Page 3
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