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1941
1941 - 2217.PDF
SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1941. FLIGHT 189 WAR IN THE AIR ENEMY AIR LOSSES TO SEPT. 20th. Sep, 14 16 17 18 19 20 Over G.B. 0 I I 0 0 0 I Over Continent 0 7 12 17 2 15 54 Totals : Northern Area, 5,366 ; over 2,123. Middle East 14 I 0 00 00 li Middle East, i MIDDLE EAST AIR POWER : Bristol Beaufighters, armed with four 20 mm. shell- guns and a further six machine guns, are in service in quantity in the Western Desert. In one attack alone 36 Italian machines were destroyed on the ground. enemy aircraft while still in training last month, took part in these offensive sweeps. It destroyed two Mes. . The Polish pilot of another squadron was credited with the destruction of one German fighter after he had been seen to collide with it in mid-air over Northern France. The wings of the Spitfire were torn off and the Me 109 burst into flames. A Scot- tish Wing Commander with the D.F.C. and bar got one. A Free Frenchman under his command got another. Later News '"THE news that the Germans have -*- occupied Kiev is not cheerful, but it was scarcely unexpected. The same can be said about the German claim to have reached the shore of the Sea of Azov and cut off the Crimea. But, as was said in these pages when the Germans first started to advance in Russia, the historic strategy of Russian armies is to be able to retreat and at the same time to maintain their fighting power. The Germans no doubt eagerly desired to be able to have some concrete vic- tories to show their people before the winter set in, but at the same time they are right when they proclaim that their main object must be to destroy'the Russian armies. If the latter can continue retreating with supply bases behind them, the Ger- mans will be faced with a situation BRITISH AIR LOSSES TO SEPT. 20th. Over G.B.Fighters Pilots Over Continent Aircraft 0 II 3 15 II 3 14 57 Middle East Aircraf 0 7 00 00 0 Northern Area, 2,752 ; Middle East, about 392. similar to that which brought about the downfall of Napoleon. Round Leningrad the Germans do not seem to be making rapid progress, and it is reported that there the opposing air forces are more evenly matched than they are elsewhere. The city has not yet been subjected to anything like a general bombard- ment, either from the ground or from the air, and the Russian bombers and fighters are showing plenty of enter- prise in attacking the Germans round the defences of the city. On Saturday, September 20th, the R.A.F. Fighter Command had an- other very busy day ; in fact, it has been officially described as its busiest day «ince January. They escorted bomber formations to various targets in Germany and occupied territory, and a number of attacks were made on convoys, in the course of which nine ships were hit. The Bomber Command has made a night raid on Stettin, the largest enemy port on the Baltic, situated near the head of the estuary of the River Oder. Large fires were kindled among the docks, warehouses and railway yards. The news of this effort will doubtless bring cheer tm the hard-pressed Russians. A Spitfire recently returned to its base after having been hit by four cannon shells and machine-gun bullets as well. These were the result of an encounter with a Me 109F on an offensive sweep. After eluding it he shot up an enemy ship and damaged another Messerschmitt. RELEASE AND REND : Bombing up a Martin Maryland on the Western Desert.The bomb-aimer's conservatory must get a trifle warm under Egypt's sun.
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