MANY PLANES DESTROYED
MIXED BRITISH SQUADRON (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 8 A mixed Royal Air Force squadron in Libya, in which there are New Zealand and Australian airmen, has destroyed 109 enemy aeroplanes for the loss of four pilots. During the Libya campaign alone the squadron brought down 25 enemy aircraft. The squadron was sent from England last May for six months’ duty in the Middle East. It fought in Greece and Crete and is now one of the veteran desert squadrons.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21600, 10 December 1941, Page 6
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