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1941
1941 - 2151.PDF
SEPTEMBER I8TH T941. FLIGHT 167 explosions followed the fall of the British bombs. An important railway yard was also attacked. The Air Ministry has admitted the loss of four of our bombers, but the Italians, re- porting raids on Turin, Genoa and Messina in one communique, only claimed that one British raider had been shot down. A pleasing ceremony has taken place at Malta. The Anglo-Maltese League presented two shields to Air Vice Marshal Lloyd for the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. They were in- scribed : "In the name of the people of Malta to the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm in token of appreciation and gratitude for brilliant services rendered in the defence of these islands." In reply, the A.O.C. remarked: "We have been called the Knights of the Air, a high compliment. We hold this in common with the Knights of St. John. They cleared the seas of the-scourge of piracy. Our task is to clear the sea and the air of the scourge of dictatorship, and we will." President Roosevelt has made a striking broadcast to "My fellow Americans" on the attack by a U- boat made on the U.S. destroyer Greer. His concluding sentence was: "Our patrolling vessels and aero- planes will protect all merchant ships—not only American ships but ships of any flag—engaged in com- merce in our defensive waters." These words mean considerable help to Britain in the Atlantic. In the course of a distinctly lively debate in the House of Commons, the BRITISH AIR Sept. 7 , 89 ., 10 , H. 11 ,', 13 Totals : Over Fighters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOSSES TO SEPT. 13th. S.B. Pilots 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Area, about Over Continent Aircraft 26 20 6 3 3 0 40 2,695 : 385. Middle East Aircraft 1 10 2 0 4 8 Middle East, A HUDSON AT WORK : This artist'simpression does not relate to the incident depicted on the opposite page,but it shows what might have hap- oened to the U-boat if the white flaghad no' been displayed Prime Minister announced that the Minister of Aircraft Production had been ardently at work sending hun- dreds of fighter aircraft to Russia, many of which had already got there. R.A.F. Wing in Russia TT has been announced that a com- ••• plete self-contained Wing of the R.A.F. has reached Russia. It is left for the Germans to find out what is the strength of this unit, for a Wing may contain a quite undefined number of squadrons. Likewise, it has not been stated whether it consists of fighters or bombers. The main point is that it is self-contained, as Russian spares would not fit British machines, nor would the petrol which the Red Air Fleet uses be suitable for British engines. Russian mechanics would not be able to maintain our aircraft. The German thrust against Mur mansk is evidently intended to inter- fere with British help reaching Russia that way, and the attack by the Royal Navy and the raid by the Fleet Air Arm on the enemy's supplies and sea communications at Bodo, on the Norwegian coast, was probably con- nected with the same plan of opera- tions. The German armies in the north would obviously benefit by supplies brought by sea, and the Royal Navy is interfering with those supplies. Iran now offers a new route for supplying Russia, but it needs de-* velopment, more rolling stock, etc., and that sort of thing takes time. The Admiralty has published a tale of tragedy and gallantry about a large convoy which was attacked in the Atlantic some months ago. Both U-boats and Focke-Wulf Condors took part in the attack, and both aircraft and seacraft did damage. Three ships were sunk by torpedoes, four by bombs, while another was so damaged by a bomb that it afterwards foundered in a gale. One of the Condors is believed to have been damaged by the fire of the ships ; at any rate, one German aircraft was re- ported to have crashed later in the day. The great majority of the con- voy reached port safely. ENEMY AIR LOSSES TO Over G.B. Sept. 7 „ 8 9 ., 10 , H „ 12, 13 Totals : *No 0 10 0 0 2 0 3 Northern c counting Over Continent 6 00 0 « 1 "2 » Area, 5,309 over 2,108.many hit on SEPT 13th. Middle East 2 70 1* 2 J 2 IS ; Middle East, the ground.
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