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3rd. Spitfires damaged
      a guard ship off Dieppe and reported hitting alcohol storage
                   cisterns in Northern France.
 
 
 
 
 
 
3rd/4th. 18 aircraft were
      sent to Brest where cloud prevented observation, end 10 were
                    sea-mining. 2 are missing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                       MEDITERRANEAN.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Libya.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1st/2nd. Wellington destroyed
          some mechanical transport west of El Agheila.
 
      2d. During fighter sweeps south of Jedabya. Hurricanes engaged
  6 enemy fighters damaging 4 of them. 2 Hurricanes are miss
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd/3rd. Wellington started
                     a large fire at Tripoli.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Italy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd/3rd. 3 Wellington dropped
      bombs on Naples railway station and near the Air Frame Works
                          causing fires.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Malta.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd/3rd. For nine hours
      a total of 26 single aircraft dropped many bombs around Luqa
      aerodrome, demolishing buildings and causing a number of casualties.
      3 Wellington were destroyed on the ground. On 3rd, 8 bombers
      and fighters attacked Luqa and two other aerodromes all of which
      wore badly cratered, and 3 more Wellington were destroyed. 3
      enemy aircraft were shot down, a third was probably destroyed
      by fighters and a fourth damaged by anti-aircraft fire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                      FAR EAST. Malaya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd. Our fighters provided
      maximum cover over the reinforcement convoy. Two aircraft were
                 lost but one pilot was rescued.
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd/3rd. Enem %y aircraft
      attacked Tengah aerodrome, Singapore, where several buildings
      were damaged and a direct hit was obtained on a bombproof operations
      room. No service damage was caused at Singapore itself. One enemy
      aircraft crashed out of seven which attacked Tanjong Malim. Throughout
      the 3rd, the enemy maintained fighter patrols over Kuala Selangor
           and machine gunned movements of our troops.
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Although the French
      aircraft industry working for Germany is mainly producing French
      types, orders were placed on first July still with factories
      in the occupied zone for 2,060 German type aircraft for delivery
      between October 1941 and July 1944. About 3/5ths are reconnaissance
      types including one type for aircraft carriers. The remainder
      is troop carrying, transport and some trainers. There is evidence
   that any aircraft under these orders have yet been delive
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