ACTIVE IN GREECE ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 43, 30 November 1940, Page 5

ACTIVE IN GREECE

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS.

TEN ITALIANS BROUGHT DOWN

THREE SUCCESSFUL RAILS. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) lONDON, November 29. British fighters in Greece in the last two days destroyed 10 enemy aircraft, states a Royal Air Force communique, which adds: “In south-west Albania yesterday a small patrol of our fighters encountered 20 enemy CR42 fighters. Our planes at once attacked and in less than a minute seven enemy aircraft were shot down. Later, during an individual combat, one of our fighters collided with another CR42, which crashed in flames.

“On the previous day fighters from the same squadron intercepted a formation of CR42’s, one enemy being shot down in flames while another disappeared behind some hills out of control.

“Bomber aircraft raided Santi Quaranta whence the destroyers that bombarded Corfu fled on the approach of our formation—and Durazzo and Elbason. From all these operations two of our craft failed to return, one being the fighter involved in a collision with an Italian plane.”—British Official Wireless.

GREEKS REPORT SUCCESSES.

ENEMY PLANES BROUGHT DOWN

(Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.)

LONDON, November 29. A Greek communique reports that fighting in. various sectors to-day was successful for the Greek troops. Greek planes shot down an important number of enemy planes. The enemy bombed some places on the front, also towns and villages in Epirus, Corfu, Cephalonia and the west coast of Morea. There vie re a few civilian victims, with slight damage.