TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED SEPTEMBER 27TH 1941.       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
Homeward bound convoy from Gibraltar attacked by U-boat 25th 
      sad two further attacks night of 25th/26th; fourth attack night 
      26th/27th. Estimated losses about eight ships. Ammunition exploded 
      on board S.S. Franconia loading at Liverpool. Casualties four 
                       killed, two wounded.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
2. 26th. Royal Air Force destroyed two minesweepers and damaged 
      two Flak ships off Dunkirk, also sank motor boat near Guernsey 
      and destroyed trainer aircraft near St. Valery. Night 24th/25th. 
      Wellingtons attacked Benghazi harbor. Same night and following 
      night Swordfish and Wellingtons bombed barracks at Tripoli and 
      laid mines in harbor approaches. 26th September merchant ship 
      of 1000 tons sunk off Tripoli by Royal Air Force. Six Wellingtons 
      bombed Falermo night of 24th/25th, started numerous fires. 25th 
      September 3000 tons merchant ship attacked by Royal Air Force 
      and set on fire and left almost submerged off Cotrone.
 
                                                            
 
 
3. Royal Air Force 25th/27th. About l00 aircraft dispatched 
      but recalled. Believed 5 raided Cologne, one bombed Genoa; others 
        attacked channel ports, one missing, two crashed.   
 
                                                            
 
 
4. North Russia. 26th. Hurricanes on bomber escort destroyed 
      two enemy fighters and probably a third without loss. 
 
                                                            
 
 
5. German Air Force 26th/27th. Very few aircraft over the 
      coast, one destroyed by our fighters.