Telegram received from London dated February 5th, 1941. 1. Naval. On the 4th several attacks were made by enemy aircraft on two East-Coast convoy. No damage to ships reported. 2. Night of the 4th-5th. Twenty-one tons of bombs were dropped on naval dockyard at Brest. Photographs taken on the 4th and night of the 4th-5th showed Hipper class cruiser to be no longer there. Shipping at Cherbourg and Fokke-Wulf establishment at Bordeaux also attacked. 3. Royal Air Force. By day of the 4th. Two sweeps by formations of fighters were carried out over Boulogne Area. No opposition was met. 4. Night of the 4th-5th. 157 bombers despatched against various targets. 5. In Libya ard Eritrea our aircraft harassed the enemy ground forces and destroyed 36 motor transport vehicles in Varce area. 6. German Air Force. Daylight. Activity over land negligible but four enemy aircraft destroyed and one damaged in interceptions over our Coasts. 7. Night of 4th-5th. Enemy activity was fairly considerable and occurred chiefly over Eastern England. Our night fighter patrols destroyed one enemy bomber over Sussex. 8. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from British Isles. German: By our fighters 4 destroyed - 1 damaged by night fighters 1 destroyed Total 5 destroyed - 1 damaged. British |