-2- Isle of Wight. 8. Night of March lst/2nd. 110 aircraft were over this country, bombing was widespread and not intense. One enemy bomber was destroyed off the coast of Scotland. 9. At Malta six J.U. 88's escorted by fighters made an attack on March 1st. Many bombs were dropped, but only slight damage was done. 10. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from British Isles. German: three fighters destroyed and two bombers destroyed. British: nil. 11. Home Security. Night of March lst/2nd. Some residential damage was caused at Hull rendering several persons homeless and a bus depot was damaged by fire at Southampton. |