R.A.F. OFFENSIVES
MEDITERRANEAN AREA
(Rec. 1.10 p.m.) RUGBY, August 11. An R.A.F. (Middle East) communique StSTiGS •"""■■ i "On the night of August 9-10 Blenheims attacked gun repair shops at Bardia, starting a number of large, bright fires. The enemy landing grounds at Gazala were also bombed and machine-gunned. "Yesterday Maryland bombers of the S.A.A.F. carried out attacks on enemy positions, motor-vehicles, and personnel in the neighbourhood of Bardia. "On August 9 R.A.F. bombers demolished a barrack and blockhouses south of Misurata, and also attacked enemy motor transport vehicles and petrol trailers in the same neighbourhood. All the trailers were holed by machine-gun bullets, and several lorries were overturned and destroyed. The formation then attacked two large ammunition supply dumps, and personnel who were standing by were killed or wounded. "Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm made a torpedo attack on August 9 on a large merchantman at' Syracuse (Sicily). A quantity of bombs was also dropped at Augusta, one making a direct hit on | a gasometer. "From these operations all our aircraft returned safely."—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 37, 12 August 1941, Page 7
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