SUCCESSES SCORED
R.A.F. IN NEAR EAST
COST RELATIVELY SLIGHT
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 4. In three weeks of warfare the R.A.F. has scored what may fairly be termed considerable success against the Italian air force, and at relatively slight cost. Between June 10 and July 4, 70 Italian aircraft were brought down and their total loss confirmed, while a further 15 cases are awaiting that supporting evidence without which definite destruction of enemy aircraft is not claimed by the R.A.F. Sixteen more are known to have been so seriously damaged as to make it unlikely that they reached home. British losses for this period were 12 machines lost and one damaged. Informed London circles state that there is reason to believe that Germany counts on Italian co-operation in attacking Britain in an endeavour to overcome the qualitative superiority of the R.A.F. by overwhelming numbers. Experience of air warfare in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, however, indicates ■ that the value of this will be limited.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1940, Page 11
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