Rainstorms Slow Down Libyan Fighting
TBritish Official Wireless] (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, March 6. A Cairo communique states that heavy rain interfered with our activities yesterday. There is nothing of importance to report. The Royal Air Force Middle East communique states that objectives at Benghazi and Tripoli were attacked by our bombers on Wednesday night. In Cyrenaica, continued rainstorms restricted aerial activity. A Heinkel 111 was shot down yesterday, and on Wednesday night a Junkers 11 was shot down by a night fighter. Several Junkers 88s were severely damaged during raids yesterday.
It is now known that two merchantmen were sunk in Palermo harbour during Monday night’s raid. Three of our planes, are missing.
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Northern Advocate, 7 March 1942, Page 5
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