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LIBYA
. 19th. Light bombers and fighters attacked enemy 
      M.T. columns retreating Westwards from the MEKILI and DERNA areas. 
      Attacks on a large column East of EL KARRUBA were very effective. 
      Heavy damage was done to M.T. on the BARCE-TOCRA and BENGHAOI-CHEMINES 
      roads. Two aerodromes were bombed. During the operations 3 German 
      fighters were shot down, our losses were two Marylands and one 
      Beaufighter.
 
      
 
 
MALTA
. Blenheims bombed OOURA railway station and hit 
      a goods shed and destroyed rolling stock. 40 aircraft were found 
      destroyed on the aerodrome at DERNA.
 
      
 
 
(IV) 
ENEMY ACTIVITY
 
      20th to 21st. 48 aircraft were operating, 30 of which were probably 
      sea mining in the THAMES Estuary.
 
      MALTA. 19th. 13 enemy fighters and bombers approached the Island 
      and on the 20th 40 enemy aircraft carried out two attacks, only 
      slight damage was caused. One German bomber was destroyed, two 
      Italian fighters probably destroyed and three German bombers 
      damaged, three Hurricanes are missing. Bombs dropped on 19th/20th 
      had little effect.
 
      SARAWAK. 19th. The raid on KUCHING aerodrome was from a high 
      level and caused only slight damage, the town was bombed and 
      machine gunned, 22 civilians were killed and a petrol store destroyed.
 
      
 
 
(V) 
G.A.F.
 
      It is considered that the Germans will make every effort to withdraw 
      their force in CYRENAICA, of over 200 aircraft, to bases in TRIPOLITANIA. 
      This may, however, be impossible owing to the present inadequate 
      ground facilities and part of the force may have to withdraw 
      to the AEGEAN area or to SICILY.
 
      
 
 
(VI) 
JAPANESE AIR FORCE
 
      There are at present about 400 aircraft in Southern INDO-CHINA 
      and Southern SIAM. The average scale of effort against MALAYA 
      during the first four days of the Japanese attack was about one 
      hundred and twenty aircraft per day.