RAIDS OVER AFRICA
VARIETY OF TARGETS
COAST TO ABYSSINIA (British Official Wireless.) Jccd. noon. RUGBY, June 3. A communique issued by the Royal Air Force headquarters in the Middle ■East states that another attack was made on military objectives at Benghazi by Royal Air Force bombers on Sunday night. A number of explosions were caused in the harbour area.
Two Junkers 88’s were destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Tobruk on Sunday. Another enemy aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire off Alexandria on Saturday night. Bombing was continued in Abyssinia in the Gondar area, the Seiola area on ihe Omo River, and at Debarech. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, South African Air Force, and a Free French unit rook part in these operations. One of our aircraft is missing. From other fronts there is nothing outstanding to report.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20572, 4 June 1941, Page 5
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