ENEMY AIR LOSSES
OVER THREE TO ONE MARCH STATISTICS (British Official Wireless.) Reed 9 a.m. RUGBY. April 8 During the week ended April 5, lb enemy machines were destroyed over Britain and the coast for the loss ol two Royal Air Force aircraft. Over Germany 13 Royal Air Force aircraft were lost and two enemy planes.
In the Middle East, 48 enemy planes were destroyed and four Royal Air Force machines.
During the period two enemy aircraft were shot clown by British ships, making a grand total of 87 enemy loss'es to 19 British. It is now known that three additional enemy machines were destroyed by H.M. ships during March.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20526, 9 April 1941, Page 7
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