SEPTEMBER FIGURES
R.A.F. Losses On Offensive
Over Europe
BIG LOAD OF BOMBS DROPPED
British Official Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, Oct. 5. ™ e^ R - A - R °P eir ated offensively over Europe on 15 nights and 11 days in September. The bombers ar^? o iJvi attacks on Germanv and laid mines in enemy water-; Bad weather curtailed operations in -V,™ la " er P art of lhe month. Nearlv oUOO tons of bombs were dropped on Germany in ten raids in the first 16 nights of the month. The R.A.F. destroyed 20 aircraft oyer Europe and a further 25 enemv aircraft were destroyed over Britain, i The R.A.F lost 194 planes over and one over Britain. month's operations in the Middle East, including Malta, co-t , the R.A.F. 94 planes: but 20 membertof crews were saved The Axi- 100. 113 machines.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 236, 6 October 1942, Page 3
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