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morning. He is also consolidating 
      his position about 12 miles south of perimeter under cover of 
                          several tanks.                    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            6.                              
                      Royal Air Force                       
. 
      11th/12th. Emden. Twenty aircraft attacked, dropping 29 tons 
      of bombs fires started. Coastal aircraft off Norway hit a merchant 
      vessel of 4,500 tons, another 1,000 tons which was left sinking 
      and a fish oil factory, which was set on fire. Two Beauforts 
   mined an enemy occupied French harbor and a third is miss
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            7.                              
                           12th.                            
 24 Blenheims 
      escorted by 19 fighter squadrons attacked Boulogne docks and 
      12 Blenheims escorted by 2 fighter squadrons bombed convoy off 
      Dutch Coast hitting a tanker of 5,000 tons and a timber ship. 
      Fighters destroyed 7 enemy fighters. Our losses were 2 Blenheims 
                         and 2 Spitfires.                   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            8.                              
                         12th/13th                          
. 376 
      aircraft were sent out. Nurnberg and Siemens Works 142 including 
      16 heavy: Bremen 99: Huls Chemical Works 95, including 11 heavy: 
      Boulogne Docks 24: Ruth searchlights 5: mine laying 5. 11 aircraft, 
      including 2 heavy/one missing and 5 crashed, including a Halifax 
      in Sea; 1 crew safe. Preliminary reports state: weather at Numembarg 
      was good and visit successful. 55 aircraft reported huge fires 
                         also at Bremen.                    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
9. A Hudson obtained 1 
             hit on a 1,000 ton ship off Dutch Coast.       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            10.                             
                           Libya.                           
 1Oth/11th. 
      17 Wellingtons bombed Derna and 10 Blenheims Bardia. At former 
   power station and at latter M.T. workshops were set on fi
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
11. Reference yesterday' 
      s summary paragraph Mediterranean. Considered 2 ships of this 
               convoy were sunk and 1 or 2 damaged.         
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