Summary of air casualties:
 
      
 
 
Enemy
 
      Destroyed, Damaged, Probable
 
      By our fighters
 
      Bombers 1,-,1
 
      Fighters 1,-,- (off Calais)
 
      Totals 2,-,1
 
      British
 
      In the air: one medium bomber
 
      On the ground; one Hurricane and one pilot.
 
      During the night of October 6th/7th only 9 enemy aircraft operated 
      over Great Britain.
 
      
 
 
4. Shipping Casualties.
 Although a British tanker was 
      torpedoed, no definite shipping casualties were reported on October 
      6th.
 
      
 
 
 
5. Middle East. Libya. 
Tactical air reconnaissance 
      on the morning of the fifth showed approximately 1,300 mechanical 
      transport vehicles in various localities in a sector of about 
      40 miles extent, south and west of Sidi Barrani. These concentrations 
      suggest establishment of forward bases.
 
      
 
 
On October 5th, about 60 enemy aeroplanes including 16 fighters, 
      attacked Mersa Matruh and dropped 160 bombs. Casualties 2 killed, 
      1 wounded; damage to a few vehicles; anti-aircraft claims 3 aeroplanes