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OCTOBER 7x11, 1943 385 WAR IN THE AIR ENEMY AIR LOSSES TO OCT. Sept. 26 „ 27 ,',' 30 Oct. 1 ., 2 Over G.B. —oooo— o 2 Con- tinent 1 21 0 2 0 1 0 25 Totals: West, 7,552 ; Middle North West Africa Middle East 0 2 0 1 1 II 3 18 East, over , 3,348. 2nd N.W. Africa 0 3 1 3 0 11 3 21 5,722; ahead, and especially the Russian winter, woollen clothing has a high degree of importance for the German soldiers. Our readers will have read in the daily papers about the damage done in Berlin by the raids of August 23rd, 31st and September 3rd. About 100 factories or industrial premises were found by the expert examiners of the photographs to have been damaged, and, the list of them clearly provesf «t these were no mere "terror" ids (as the Germans like to call them) but serious blows at enemy war industry. None the less, the effect on moral was considerable, and the Ber- liners are said to be less hardy in '' taking it'' than the Rhinelanders are. The evacuation of civilians from Berlin is said to have run into seven figures. That «would not ease the strain on the German railways, which are much harder pressed than those of Great Britain. But the Berlin civilians were emphatic that their journeys were "really necessary." The Strategic Air Force of the North West Africa Army penetrated into PEPPERING A TUG OFF GREECE : Beaufighters of the Middle East Commandhave made life unpleasant for many an Axis vessel off the Greek and other coasts. This tug had just left the harbour at Preveza. Germany last Friday when Fortresses made a daylight raid on Munich. Bomber Command followed this up on the Saturday night by sending Lan- casters against the same city, which has thus come under fire from both north and south. It is a foretaste of what the southern parts of the Reich will suffer when the Allies get posses- sion of more airfields in Italy; The attack by the Lancasters was over in 25 minutes. Rhodes, the chief island of the Dodecanese, has been raided several times by the Middle East Command. The first announcements of the Ger- man attack by sea and air on Cos, which we only occupied a few days ago, and which was reported to be only lightly held, looked rather omin- ous, chiefly because the communique said so little. Probably more will be known about the fighting there by the time these words are published. There is nothing surprising in the Germans using aircraft against the island, but for a naval force to venture out into the Aegean is not what one would have expected. The French have been fighting their way forward in Corsica, joyfully re- covering part of their own homeland, for so that.island must be considered. It was cheering to hear of French air- craft playing a useful part in the struggle; it shows that the spirit of Georges Guynemer is not dead. MacArthur Presses On I t again a skilful combinedoperation has put Australiantroops ashore at another spot in NewGuinea, and to the previous capture of Lae the Australians have now added Finschafen. The landing was opposed by Japanese ground troops, but their Air Force took no part in the opposi- tion. Since then, however, the enemy aircraft have woken up, and medium bombers and dive bombers have been worrying the Australian positions. But the American Army Fifth Air Force is very much in the ascendancy in the South West Pacific. ONE OF THE THIRTY : During September 30 daylight attac operations were carried out by-Allied air squadrons against the en^hy. Fortresses are seen dropping bombs on Amiens^rffssy. BRITISH & U.S. AIR LOSSES to OCT. 2nd Sept. 26 2728 29 30Oct. | 2 Totals Over G.B. A'erft. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Continent B'brt. F'trs. 0 2 46 10 0 1 8 8 0 0 2 0 II 0 67 2? Middle East A'crrt. 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 : West, 7,850; Middle East, about North West Africa, 1,266. N.W. Africa A'crft. 0 0 0 1 1 14 3 19 2,281 ;
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