PLANES SHOT DOWN
BOMBING OF TRIPOLI (Official Wireless) (Received Dec. 10, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 9 A Royal Air Force Middle East communique states: Fighter aircraft made a series of flying attacks on traffic moving along the BerceDema, Agedabia-Agheila and MarauAfaida roads, damaging many lorries and other vehicles. Aircraft on the landing ground at Agedabia weer hit by machine-gun fire. In a conflict over the battle area one Macchi 200 and one Messerschmitt 109 were destroyed. ! During Sunday night the aerodrome at Castel Benito and Tripoli were raided by our bombers. At Castel Benito a hangar was set on fire.
From these and other operations three of our planes are missing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21600, 10 December 1941, Page 6
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