GREEK AIR RAID
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS
(Rec. 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY. Oct. 29
The second anniversary of the Italian invasion of Greece was celebrated by a'squadron; of the Royal Hellenic air force fighting with the British" forces in the Western Desert with :-Jieavy
ground-strafing attacks on enemy posi*: tions in the battle area. Their target^ was the Italian headquarters in the. southern sector of the Alamein front.
Led by their wing Commander, the Greeks swept down in force' in the face of light and heavy anti-aircraft fire. Lorries were seen to go up an. flames, and the aircraft poured hundreds of rounds of machine-gun bullets into tents and gun. nests. Only one aircraft failed to return, although the pilots pressed home their attacks with such determination that several planes were holed. —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 105, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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