MALTA'S WARPLANES
TWELVE MORE ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED (Weo, 11.12 a.m.) RUGBY, July 16. Malta-based Beaufighters and Mosquitos destroyed at least 12 enemy aircraft on Wednesday night, says a message from the island. This was the climax to five most successful nights for intruder work, a total of 35 German and Italian bombers being destroyed. This is in addition to 106 enemy planes shot down by,Spitfires since the beginning of the Sicilian invasion. One of the most successful Beaufighter pilots, Wing-commander Green, got four Junkers 88's and damaged a fifth in one sortie on Wednesday. Another pilot destroyed three Junkers on the same night.
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Evening Star, Issue 24919, 17 July 1943, Page 5
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103MALTA'S WARPLANES Evening Star, Issue 24919, 17 July 1943, Page 5
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