ITALIANS RAID MALTA
FIVE PLANES LOST
ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received January 11, noon.)
RUGBY, January 10.
A Royal Air Force communique states that Malta was raided twice yesterday, the first time by enemy monoplane fighters, some of which carried out a low machine-gun attack but did only slight damage.
Fighters engaged the enemy, shooting four down into the sea. One enemy pilot was rescued. He was severely wounded. A fifth machine was shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
The second enemy raid was carried out by dive-bombers on shipping. No damage or casualties resulted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 9, 11 January 1941, Page 10
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