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                     3. AIR OPERATIONS                      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
WESTERN FRONT Bomber command 
      could operate on four nights only, 360 tons of H.E. and 44,000 
      incendiaries were dropped. The main objectives were EMDEN, BRENEN 
      and HAMBURG. Enemy aircraft were employed mainly against our 
                            ship-ping.                      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                       MEDITERRANEAN.                       
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> HALFAYA was consistently bombed 
      until its surrender on 17th. Sandstorms rain and water-logged 
      landing grounds curtailed our activities in the forward area, 
                    enemy activity is slight.               
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           MALTA.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> The Island was frequently raided 
      by several aircraft in daylight particular attention being paid 
      to aerodromes. Our fighters were hampered by unserviceable aerodromes 
      owing to damage and rain. Our Naval aircraft made some promising 
   attacks on enemy merchant ships and their destroyer escor
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                          MALAYA.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> SINGAPORE ISLAND was raided on 
      six days of the week by a total of 520 aircraft, the aerodromes 
      were attacked heavily. Our fighters which now include Hurricanes 
      destroyed 16 enemy aircraft and our A. A. artillery claimed another 
               9. We lost 11 fighters and 6 pilots.         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           RUSSI                            
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">A. Enemy activity was principally 
      in the Southern Sectors of the front from KHARKOV to the CREEA 
      but whenever weather permitted operations by the German Air Force 
      were interrupted by frequent attacks on most of the aerodromes 
      used by their fighters and dive bombers. In the MOSCOW Sector 
      German action against Russian troops and forward communications 
      has been very limited. It is estimated that the Germans are now 
    %   using about 1,500 aircraft on the Russian Front compared with 
   ever 2,500 during the first weeks of their Russian campai