MIDDLE EAST RAIDING
ATTACKS ON AERODROMES ENEMY PLANES DAMAGED / (Omclal Wireless) (Received Feb. 13, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 12 A Royal Air Force Middle East communique states that our fighter aircraft have continued their activities in Libya. Dispersed aircraft on the Martuba landing ground were bombed on Monday night and fires broke out. The following night objectives in the Derna and Martuba areas were raided but the results of these attacks were obscured by poor visibility. Targets in Crete and the Dodecanese Islands were bombed on the same two nights. Fires were started in the area of enemy naval workshops, stores and submarine docks, and the Herkalion aerodrome also was attacked. Enemy aircraft raided Malta on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Several attacking bombers and fighters were damaged by our aircraft, which intercepted the enemy formations. Six of our, machines are missing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21653, 13 February 1942, Page 4
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