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      11.Royal Air Force Night of 23rd/24th.
 
      Seventy-one aircraft were sent to docks at Calais, Boulogne and 
      Den Heider. Numerous fires were started at Boulogne but elsewhere 
      results were unobserved,
 
      Two aircraft are missing.
 
      
 
 
12. Eritrea. On 21st South African Hurricanes destroyed six 
      aircraft and six hangars at Massawa aerodrome. One Hurricane 
      was lost,
 
      
 
 
13. Greece On 22nd Blenheims shot down three enemy aircraft.
 
      
 
 
14. German Air Force During daylight 23rd enemy aircraft carried 
      out continuous patrols of the Straits and made one sweep over 
      East Kent Coast.
 
      
 
 
15. Night of 23rd/24th. A small scale bombing attack was made 
      on the Humber area and there was slight activity over Eastern 
      and South Eastern England and the London area.
 
      
 
 
16. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from the British 
      Isles. German: Nil British - two bombers missing. 
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