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                       MEDITERRANEAN.                       
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           LIBYA.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> Bad weather again curtailed operations. 
                   One Beaufighter is missing.              
 
      MALTA. 19th. 72 aircraft attacked a convoy and aerodromes. No 
      ships were hit but some damage and casualties were caused at 
      one aerodrome. One enemy aircraft was probably destroyed and 
                  three were seriously damaged.             
 
      SICILY. 18th/19th. Wellington dropped 10 tons of bombs on CATANIA 
          aerodrome and started at least 7 large fires.     
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
19th. COMISO aerodrome 
      was attacked by 4 Hurricane bombers which set on fire some enemy 
                            aircraft.                       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                         FAR EAST.                          
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                         SINGAPORE                          
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">. Governor reports one hundred 
      and twenty three killed in raid of 17th. Passive defense working 
      busily, no sign of panic in the streets and business as usual 
                   in vicinity of bombed areas.             
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           BURMA.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 18th. Our Blenheims reported TAVOY 
      aerodrome evacuated and on fire. It is thought that the R.A.F. 
      personnel may have withdrawn in their own transport. The Blenheims 
      were engaged by several enemy aircraft but returned safely. Enemy 
  fighters are believed now to be operating from TAVOY aerod
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                      PACIFIC ISLANDS                       
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">. On the 16th, and 17th, the R.A.A.F. 
      bombed various Japanese bases in the CAROLINE ISLANDS.
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
16th. Enemy aircraft attacked 
                   two aerodromes near RABAUL.              
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            4.                              
AIRCRAFT CASUSLTIES 
          IN OPERATIONS OVER AND FROM THE BRITISH ISLES     
                                                            
 
                     German - One destroyed.