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JULY 8TH, 1943 FLIGHT ENEMY AIR LOSSES TO JULY June 27 ., 28 ,. 29 „ 30 July 1 '.'. 3 OverG.B. a —ooo o — 2 Con-tinent 5 2 6 0 4 0 2 19 MiddleEast 7 0 3 0 0 \i 0 23 3rd N.W.Africa 8 12 4 4 4 1 0 33 Totals : West, 7,066 ; Middle East, over 5,416 ; North West Africa, 2,210. beginning of a new chapter in thisworld war, and further developments may be expected without too muchdelay. U-boat Losses •\XfHILE the Americans advance* * among the Solomon Islands, and Australians and Americans combine ina land movement on New Guinea which, it is hoped, will end in thecapture of the Japanese bases at Lae and Salamana, the severe set-backwhich the U-boats have endured in the Atlantic is' also a very significantpiece of good news. In May no less than 30 U-boats were certainlydestroyed, and a*s a result the" remain- ing boats were recalled to their bases.At least one Allied convoy crossed the Atlantic without being attacked. News has recently been publishedof a fight between more U-boats and the escort of a convoy which lastedfor two days, though the date has not been published. As the convoy sailedfrom the American continent air cover was provided by machines of theRoyal Canadian Air Force, Eastern Command, which sent out Hudsons,Venturas, Liberators and Catalinas. The approach to Britain was protectedby Liberators, Sunderlands and Hali- faxes of R.A.F. Coastal Command.The interesting point is that the gap OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAYForce disporting themselves in the middle, which is out of the reach"»of the shore-based aircraft from either side, was taken over by the convoycarrier, H.M.S. Archer. She sent out Swordfish T.S.R. machines and Mart-let fighters, and they scored one cer- tain victory, sinking one U-boat with-out any doubt, unaided by surface craft. This is the first time that air-craft from a convoy carrier have been officially credited with such a success.A T.S.R. did the heavy work, but a fighter came up to drive the crew awayfrom their gun by its fire, and the fighter then flew off to bring up adestroyer, which picked up 13 sur- vivors. It really looks as if the solu-tion to the convoy problem has been found at last. Another headache forHitler! The suburbs of Cologne on the eastbank of the Rhine, Kalk and Deutz, Kittyhawks of the Royal Canadian Airover the Alaskan mountains. BRITISH & U.S. AIR LOSSES to JULY 3rd June 27 28 29 30 July |2 3 Totals Over G.B.A'erft. 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 : West, ContinentB'brs. F'trs. 1 0 31 0 0 1 0 2 0 50 0 32 2 64 , "io Middle East A'crifc 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 ~5 N.W. AricaA'erft. 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 ~8 6,691 ; Middle East, about 2,102; North West Africa,777. NIPPING THE NIPPONS : A U.S. Liberator over Nauruon the were subjected to three-quarters of anhour of concentrated bombing by R.A.F. heavy bombers during theweek-end. They were full of factories, one of which was a major source ofthe supply of diesel engines for U- boats. It is interesting to note thatthe defences were strong at the begin- ning of the attack, but towards theend they became almost negligible. That suggests that most of the A.A.guns and their crews had been knocked out, and it seems that the fire brigadesalso found the job too much for them to tackle efficiently, as many fires wereseen burning next morning. The U.S. Eighth Air Force was alsobusy during the week-end, and one formation of Fortresses (of courseflying by day, as they always do) went to La Pallice, a trip of about 1,000miles. The place is memorable for the sally of the Scharnhorst. which wasattacked there in daylight by R.A.F. Bomber Command. The Americansreported direct, hits on lock gates there which lead to the submarine pens.The place is able to accommodate 16 U-boats. This raid evidently came asa surprise to the enemy, for there was no opposition, and the Americanssuffered no casualties. Other daylighl raids were made on Le Mans andNantes, and in these eight bombers were lost.
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