AIR ACTIVITY
NORTH AFRICA TO SICILY AXIS SHIP DRIVEN ASHORE. thre£i enemy planes DESTROYED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) RUGBY, October 19. Cairo headquarters states: “On land there was some patrol and artillery activity yesterday. “Air activity over the battle area was on a small scale, but our longrange fighters successfully attacked targets on the coastal road. On the night of October 17, our torpedo-carry-ing aircraft attacked an enemy merchant ship which, listing to port, was beached near the coast of Tripolitania, following on a previous attack on the night of October 14. "Air activity around Malta continued, although the enemy inflicted very little damage. “Our long-range fighters, on an offensive patrol over Sicily, shot down a Heinkel 111, while a fighter inland destroyed two Messerschmitt 109 s. We lost one aircraft in these operations. The pilot is safe.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1942, Page 4
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