2. (Telegram from London Mar. 15/41) by fighters, also one by anti-aircraft. 11. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from British Isles night of March 14th/15th. German: destroyed 4, probable 1 British: 2 bombers missing. 12. LIBYA. On March 11th enemy aircraft made 8 low flying attacks on our forward troops at Agheila. Result: 2 casualties, 4 enemy aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire. 13. HOME SECURITY. Night of March 11th/15th. Glasgow. Fire caused among residential property and at 2 factories, 3 tenement buildings demolished. Leeds Telephone Exchange hit, Considerable damage to shop and industrial property, mainly by fire. London. Some damage at Tilbury Docks. Plymouth. Some damage was caused in Naval Dockyard and a training establishment was hit. 14. Casualties. Night of March 12th/13th. Liverpool and Birkenhead 156 killed and 70 seriously injured. Night of March 13th/14th. Glasgow, Clyde Bank. 115 killed. March 15th. Ordinance factory at Dalmuir, production temporarily stopped owing to interruption of utility services. No extensive damage reported. |