ENEMY AIRCRAFT
ATTACKED ON GROUND
RAIDS IN MIDDLE EAST
(Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, May 26. A communique issued by the Royal Air Force Middle East Command says that in Irak a large number of sorties was made yesterday against military objectives at Ramadi and several fires were started. The aerodrome at. Mosul was bombed and a number of aircraft machine-gunned on the ground were severely damaged. At Bakuba German aircraft on the ground were bombed and machinegunned, two being set on fire. Enemy ] aircraft attacked the Royal Air Force aerodrome at Habbania, but there were no service casualties.
*In Abyssinia aircraft of the South African Air Force attacked enemy defences and motor transport in the neigh bom-hood of the Omo River. Direct hits were obtained on bridges and ferries and a number of motor transport vehicles were destroyed.
A number of enemy aircraft approached Malta yesterday and made a machine-gun attack on the aerodrome at Takalo. Several enemy aircraft were damaged by anti-aircraft fire.
From all these operations all our aircraft returned safely.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 123, 27 May 1941, Page 7
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