b  . Day of June. 22. The railway center at Hazebrouch was attacked
 
by 17 Blenheims. Fighter protection for this operation was furnished by
 
12 quadrons of fighters. Patrols off the Atlantic coast of France and
 
attacks upon enemy shipping were performed by 24 aircraft of the Coastal
 
c. Night of June 22-23, Sent to attack the railway center at
 
Bremen were 54 bombers, to the Bremen shipyards 26, to the industrial
 
area of Wilhelmshaven 27, to Dusseldorf 1 and to Emden 3.
 
     2. German Air Activity over Britain.
 
     a.   Day of June 21. Over the continent the Germane maintained
 
defensive patrols with a force of 350 fighters.
 
     b.   . Night of June 21-22. The Germans operated with 15 fighters
 
and 60 long range bombers.
 
     c     . Nightof June22-23. During this night German aircraft operated
 
over the Thames Estuary, the Bristol Channel, over Essex, the East Coast
 
and that of Cornwall.
 
     3. Aircraf t..Lo S see .Report.ed.
 
     a. British losses. During daylight operations of June 22 the
 
Royal Air Force lost two fighters. One bomber crashed in England and two were lost by enemy 
 
action during the night of June 22-23.
 
     b. Axis losses. Reported shot down during the day of June 22 were
 
29 ME-109's, probably destroyed were 5 and damaged were 7. Fifteen of
 
those destroyed were ME-109F's.
 
     
     4. British Air Activity, Other Theaters
 
     a.   Middle Eastern Theater. Nothing new responded. 
 
 
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