AIR BATTLES FIERCER
BRITISH BOMBERS BUSY CLOSE SUPPORT OF TROOPS LONDON, Nov. 20 The Royal Air Force still has command of the air. Fighters and bombers are giving the land forces protection and close support they have never had before. Tho Allied supply lines have virtually been nnattacked, aerodromes have been bombed only three or four times, and enemy attacks on forward troops have been negligible. Tho air battles are fiercer. The Royal Air Force Middle East communique stated yosterday that transport and armoured fighting vehicles, as well as encampments, stores and supply dumps in the Libyan battle zone were successfully attacked by Empire bombers on Monday. Outstanding results were obtained on road transport, and a machine-gunning attack was made on enemy motor transport east of El Adem. It is officially stated in Cairo that from the beginning of the Libyan offensive, from dawn on November 18 until midnight on November 23, the Royal Air Force operating in this theatre of war destroyed 119 enemy aircraft —51 in aerial combats and 68 on the ground. Owing to the difficult nature of the terrain and the fluctuating area of the land battle, it is not possible accurately to assess enemy aircraft losses day by day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24133, 27 November 1941, Page 9
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