BRITISH AIR POWER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 188, 12 August 1941, Page 5

BRITISH AIR POWER

FELT IN THREE LANDS RAIDS IN MIDDLE EAST Rugby, Aug. 10. Further widespread operations which were conducted without loss are described in an R.A.F. Middle East communique, which states: "During the night of August 9 our bombers attacked several enemy targets in North Africa. Three large fires, accompanied by violent explosions and flying debris, were started in Tripoli, where the dock area was raided. “Fires in the neighbourhood of the power-house were visible for a considerable distance from the targe’. Bardin was attacked by R.A.F. bomber formations and also by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. "Blenheims obtained hits on a motor transport yard, causing explosions and a number of fires. Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm made a series of dive attacks and started a number of fires. Heavy bombers also attacked the port of Benghazi, where explosions were seen on railway sidings, and the port at Derna, where fires followed the attack.

"Heavy bombers attacked the aerodrome at Eleusis, in Greece, starting a fire, and are believed to have destroyed a number of aircraft. "Bombs were dropped on the harbour at Catania, in Sicily, on August 8, and a 12,000-ton motor-vessel at the quayside was damaged by bombs which fell on, or near, it. “From all these operations our aircraft returned safely.”—B.O.W.