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NORTH AFRICAN AIR OFFENSIVE Fortnight Axis aircraft vent destroyed In operations yesterday by the Allied, air forces In North Africa, according to today’s North African communique, One Axis aircraft was destroyed, the previous night, making the total enemy losses 40, compared with 12 Allied aircraft missing. On Sunday night Wellington bombers attacked docks and shipping in Sicily and railways, at Sfax. Heavy attacks were made on. Monday by a large number of Flying Fortresses or Axis airports in Sicily and northern Tunisia, destroying many enemy aircraft on the ground. In an attack on a convoy in the Sicilian Straits 3 destroyer was scon to blow up lid ships were left burning. When Allied fighters attacked isrge formations of Axis transport aeroplanes over the Medtt* rrnnean. 18 of the transport* and 13 oilier enemy aircraft were destroyed.' The 8.8.C. rorrespondent in Tunisia says that more than 1000 sorties were il own.—London.. April 6.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23916, 7 April 1943, Page 1
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