LATEST OPERATIONS
AFRICA & ALBANIA
FOUR ENEMY PLANES SHOT
DOWN
(British Official VVlrelesa.l
(Received December 23, 12.50 p.m.) RUGBY, December 22.
How four Italian aircraft were destroyed is told in an Air Ministry news service, bulletin dealing with the most recent operations in the African and Albanian theatres of war.
During the night of December 20-21 the R.A.F. raided Benghazi and Berka. Fires and explosions were caused among buildings at Berka and dispersed aircraft were machine-gunned from 500 feet.
The bombing of Benghazi started various explosions on -the mole, and two bombs fell near warships.
Numerous reconnaissances were carried out in the Bardia-Tobruk area, and an 569 bomber was intercepted and shot down in flames at Bambut.
A British formation of aircraft on patrol near Tepeleni met a formation of enemy 569 bom hers, one of which was destroyed. The same patrol intercepted another formation of enemy bombers and shot down two.
A night raid in Italian East Africa was carried out on Asmara. One large factory shed was set on fire and burned fiercely, accompanied by violent explosions. From all these operations all the British aircraft returned safely.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 151, 23 December 1940, Page 8
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