-2- NORTHERN FRONT. All quiet. RUSSIA. In KHARKOV area Russian attacks have made some progress. 3. AIR OPERATIONS WESTERN FRONT. 22nd/23rd. Three R.C.A.F. and eight R.A.A.F. bombers took part without casualties. 23rd/24th. Twenty-three aircraft were sent sea mining. LIBYA. 21st/22nd. An Albacore scored direct hit on a 4,000 ton tanker East of TRIPOLI. 22nd. Our fighters shot down one JU 88. Twenty dive bombers with fighter escort attacked TOBRUK. No damage, no interception. Four Messerschmidts machine-gunned ACROMA landing ground and damaged six Hurricanes. Aircraft made several attacks on one of our convoys off SIDI BARRANI sinking two ships. Enemy air activity has increased. 22nd/23rd. Wellingtons dropped eighteen tons of bombs on MARTUBA landing ground starting fires among aircraft and transport vehicles. MALTA. A total of fifty-nine aircraft attacked our aerodromes. At LUQA one aircraft was destroyed. Hurricanes destroyed one enemy aircraft probably destroyed a second and damaged others. |