MALTA HITTING BACK
yALUE OF MOSQUITO
mcc 11 am.) RUGBY, Feb. 1. The arrival of Mosquito light bombers has given Malta a new weapon of immense value. In January Malta s MoTquTtoes V flew nearly. 200 000 mi es, harrying the enemy's aircraft, trains, Joadconvoys, and ships, and destroyed four enemy aircraft in the. air and one on the ground. They visited Italy thirty-two times. Malta is now hitting back against the Axis, and our fighters and fighter bombers keep the. airraid alarms sounding, in Sicily day and night, while the mainland of Italy is not escaping attention. . The Mosquito pilots were specially trained in England for intruder work, having been hand-picked m the early stages of their flying careers, and life for the Luftwaffe in Sicily is no longer safe. Spitfires make it unsafe by day, and the Mosquitoes in the darkness. In three nights Mosquitoes attacked 2b trains, and over 30 in the week.— B' ' ' LONDON, February 7. A correspondent says that day and night air attacks on Sicily are part of the R.A.F.'s master plan in the Mediterranean. Their aim is to establish control of the sea so that our supplies may pass unhindered from Gibraltar to Suez. The attacks are converging on a central point, the narrow part between Sicily and Tunisia. This is dominated for the moment by the Luftwaffe, and we are out to break the enemy's grip.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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MALTA HITTING BACK
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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