TO SMASH MALTA
GOERING'S PLAN
NASTY SURPRISE LIKELY
NEW YORK, February 1
An R.A.F. ace, in an article written for the North American Newspaper Alliance, declares that Marshal Goering is personally directing a terrific effort to smash Malta and force it to surrender. He is apparently impatient at happenings in the Mediterranean and the fact that Italian planes have virtually been driven from the skies.
Goering is banking on the fact that his dive-bombers are unmatched for speed and armament by anything publicly known to be suitable for flight from aircraft carriers. However, Goering is in for a nasty surprise. The British have developed the Fairey Fulmar, which has terrific speed. It is a land-fighter, but various secret devices enable it to land slowly on a flying deck. The Fairey Fulmar carries a particularly formidable armament.
(Received February ?, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, February 2,
A Malta communique states that raiding- planes on the night of January 31 dropped bombs. Two raiders were shot down.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1941, Page 7
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163TO SMASH MALTA Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1941, Page 7
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