some guns and machine-guns. 8. In southern sector one company of the Sudan Defense Force together with patriots were attacked all day on February 19th by an enemy Colonial battalion. The attack was repulsed and 150 of the enemy were killed. Our casualties were 5 killed and 9 wounded. 9. R.A.F. Night of February 21st/22nd. Weather conditions were unfavorable but 17 tons of high explosive and many incendiaries were dropped on Wilhelmshaven causing fires which spread rapidly in the North East part of the town. 10. Night of February 22nd/23rd/. Twenty-nine Wellingtons were sent to bomb docks at rest. 11. German Air Force. During the day about 40 bomber aircraft operated over the British Isles. An R.A.F. aerodrome was attacked by M.E. 109's: damage was serious. During this attack large enemy formations made over the Thames Estuary and East Kent one M.E. 110 was destroyed by fighters and one Heinkel bomber by ground defenses. 12. Night of February 22nd/23rd. About 39 enemy aircraft were operating in the Humber area possibly laying mines. An enemy floatplane was damaged by fighters at dusk. 13. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from the British Isles. German: By fighters, 1 destroyed, 1 damaged. By ground defenses, one destroyed. British: nil. 14. Home Security - Swansea. Latest total casualty figures for the three successive raids are 128 killed and 294 seriously wounded. |