OCCUPATION STORY
ISLAND IN DODECANESE
Rec. 12.30 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 22. The story is told of how the occupation of the Dodecanese* Islands of Cos and Leros began. A single R.A.F. plane landed on the main aerodrome at Cos shortly after the Italian . armistice in order to examine the conditions.. Spitfires of the South African Air Force next day arrived at the same aerodrome and were greeted by an Italian air force officer and several Italian army officers. Then at night-time, by the light of the full moon, transport planes dropped paratroops. Hundreds of islanders, awakened by the noise, rushed out and we-lcomed the paratroops, helped them to repack their parachutes, and carried their equipment to the nearest Italian garrison. The Luftwaffe arrived over Cos at dawn and began low-flying attacks. Eleven German planes have been shot down since then.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1943, Page 7
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140OCCUPATION STORY Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1943, Page 7
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