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7th/8th. 68 aircraft were 
      sent to Brest and 27 to St. Nazaire. The latter attack was made 
      under good weather conditions and is believed to have been successful. 
      All these aircraft have returned but reports are not yet complete 
                 concerning those sent to Brest.            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           Libya.                           
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
4th/5th. 7 enemy aircraft 
      bombed Benghazi and destroyed a 5th/6th. Tobruk was ineffectively 
      bombed by 17 aircraft, while at one of our landing grounds one 
      Blenheim was destroyed and another damaged. 6th. Blenheims operating 
      singly or in pairs attacked AAC hit gun positions and mechanical 
      transports in the Halfaya area. 6th/7th. Three Eellingtons bombed 
                       Tripoli (L) harbor.                  
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           Malta.                           
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
6th and 7th. The aerodromes 
      at Takali and Halfar were unserviceable. On 6th/7th Naval aircraft 
     hit two merchant vessels steering North off Mest Tunisi
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
5. The Italian battleship 
      CAVOUR, sunk by Fleet Air Arm at Taranto on 11th November 1940, 
      was raised early in July and placed in dry dock at Toranto. She 
      has now left probably for Genoa or Trieste as being the only 
      ports likely to be sufficiently equipped to undertake the extensive 
                        repairs necessary.