BRITISH AIRCRAFT
ACTIVE OVER WIDE AREA CLOSE SUPPORT GIVEN TO LAND FORCES. TARGETS BOMBED IN CRETE & LIBYA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, June 19. Widespread operations by British aircraft, conducted without loss to themselves, are described in a R.A.F. Middle East communique which states: “Fighter aircraft were active in Cyrenaica throughout yesterday, operating in close support of our land forces. Two Messerschmitts were shot down. “Our bombers again attacked the Gazala landing ground, while at Tmimi aerodrome explosions and fires were observed among enemy aircraft on Wednesday night. “Our bombers also attacked aerodromes at Heraklion and Tymbaki in Crete. “There has been slight enemy air activity at Malta during the last 24 hours. One Junkers 88 was shot down by a fighter. None of our aircraft are missing.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1942, Page 3
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