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(III) 
AIR OPERATIONS
 
      9th. Coastal aircraft bombed and probably sunk a 6-7,000 ton 
      merchant vessel off NORWAY and attacked a convoy off the Dutch 
      coast obtaining 3 hits on a 7,000 ton ship which was still burning 
      6 hours later. Another ship of 3-4,000 tons was also hit. Our 
      fighters attacked an Alcohol Distillery in Northern France and 
      consider they destroyed it. Off DURHAM a JU 88 was shot down 
      by fighters.
 
      
 
 
LIBYA.
 7th/8th. Hurricanes damaged 6 aircraft on JEDABYA 
      aerodrome and a number vehicles on the EL AGHEILA road. 8th. 
      Squadrons of light bombers successfully attacked transport near 
      ACROMA and EL ADEM, stores dumps at BARDIA and DERNA landing 
      ground where 8 aircraft, including 5 JU 52's were destroyed. 
      Blenheim fighter damaged M.T. North East of MARAWA. 12 enemy 
      fighters attacked 3 of our landing grounds near MADDALENA, causing 
      a few casualties.
 
      
 
 
(IV) 
ENEMY ACTIVITY
 
      
 
 
UNITED STATES
. 8th. PHILIPPINES. There was further 
      Japanese air activity over Southern and Central LUOON, WAKE ISLAND 
      was bombed. 9th. HAWAII. No renewal of Japanese attacks. Some 
      U.S. bombers which arrived from CALIFORNIA made an unsuccessful 
      search for the attacking Japanese aircraft carrier. GUAM. An 
      air attack on AGAMA caused heavy casualties. A large ship, possibly 
      a transport, and two destroyers were sighted off the Island at 
      6.00 p.m. A Japanese aircraft carrier is believed to be operating 
      750 miles North East of PEARL HARBOUR. Reports of attack on NAURU, 
      also of the bombing of TOKYO, KOBE and FORMOSA are all unconfirmed.
 
      
 
 
(V) 
AIRCRAFT CASUALTIES
 in Operations over and from 
      the British Isles. German 1 destroyed.
 
      
 
 
(VI) During the past week the Russian Air Force has been very 
      active on all sectors of the Front. They have carried out both 
      bombing and machine gun attacks on German ground troops with 
      good results. They are reported to be maintaining continuous 
      pressure on the enemy and to be affording remarkably good suppo %rt 
      to their own troops, The success of these operations is of particular 
      importance at a time when the Germans are attempting to stabilise 
      the Front. It is believed that during the past few weeks the 
      Russians have had numerical and operational air superiority on 
      the whole sector of the front South of KURSK and have maintained 
      at the same time local air superiority at a number of points 
      between TULA and ALININ.