RAIDS BY BOMBERS
DAMAGE IN TRIPOLI
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb.' 27.
An R.A.F. (Middle East) communique states that objectives at Tripoli, Benghazi, and Berka were raided, by R.A.F, bombers on Wednesday night. The landing grdund at Martuba was also bombed. At Tripoli bursts were seen at the base of the Karamanli mole and on the Spanish quay and the seaplane station. Military buildings west of Castelle were also hit.
At Benghazi and Berka poor visibility prevented observation of the results.
Two of our aircraft are missing.—• 8.0.W
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420228.2.49
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 50, 28 February 1942, Page 8
Word Count
88RAIDS BY BOMBERS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 50, 28 February 1942, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in