MALTA FIGHTERS BUSY
ATTACKS ON SHIPPING FRUSTRATED (Rec. noon.) RUGBY, July 12. Malta's day and night fighters destroyed 27 enemy" aircraft over Sicily and Southern Italy on Saturday and Sunday. The enemy-frequently attempted to attack shipping, using small mixed formations, but our Spitfires maintained a ceaseless watch, and the Beaufighters had their Jurn during the night. The biggest action was in defence of Allied shipping, when a dozen Junkers 88's, escorted by over 30 Focke-Wulfs 190, approached. The Spitfires were on them before they could release their .'bombs, and five minutes later four "Junkers had been shot down. Other pilots frequently reported intercepting bombers and either shooting them doSvn or forcing them to jettison their bombs without harm to the ships ._ \. •■
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Evening Star, Issue 24915, 13 July 1943, Page 3
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121MALTA FIGHTERS BUSY Evening Star, Issue 24915, 13 July 1943, Page 3
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