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                      MEDITERRAIIEAN.                       
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                    Nothing of interest.                    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
23rd and 23/24. Our bombers 
      including Naval aircraft attacked at intervals a southbound Italian 
      convoy consisting of four large merchant vessels escorted by 
      one battleship, three cruisers and sixteen destroyers which was 
      first sighted 170 miles North-East of MISURATA. Reports are not 
      yet definite but a merchant vessel of about 20,000 tons was torpedoed 
      and stopped, a destroyer was torpedoed, a cruiser was hit with 
      bombs and near misses with bombs were scored on the battleship 
    and two merchant vessels. Two of our aircraft are missin
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
25th. Six Swordfish again 
      attacked this large vessel at 1.30 a.m. and claimed hits with 
      two torpedoes, this confirmed by screening Blenheim. Later each 
      sighted convoy approaching TRIPOLI (L) but no trace of the large 
                              ship.                         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           MALTA.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 23rd/24th and 24th. A total of 
      82 aircraft attacked, Two or our aircraft were destroyed on the 
      ground and seven damaged HAL FAR aerodrome was cratered. Our 
 fighters probably destroyed one enemy aircraft and damaged 
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
BURMA. 24th. Seven enemy 
      bombers, escorted by 55 fighters at-tacked two aerodromes near 
      RANGOON. 17 of our fighters including two Hurricanes shot down 
      all the bombers and six fighters probably destroyed two fighters 
       and damaged nine. All our aircraft returned safely.  
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                          MALAYA.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 23rd. 30 enemy aircraft attacked 
      SINGAPORE. Three of our aircraft were destroyed on the ground. 
      Hurricanes shot down one enemy bomber and probably destroyed 
                             another.