British Losses Given as Nine; All Commands Now Intensively Engaged London, Apr. 11.
It is officially announced that 19 German aircraft have been destroyed by the Royal Air Force since Sunday, including seven bombers shot down over Scapa Flow last night.
Nine Royal Air Force planes were lost during the same period.
The Air Ministry, in making this announcement, says that since early morning of Sunday, April 7, all operational commands of the R.A.F. have been intensively engaged in operations against the enemy.
In addition to normal security and convoy protection patrols, reconnaissauce aircraft maintained a close watch over the North Sea and on the Norwegian coast and German naval bases, with the result that much valuable information has been made available to our naval and air force engaged with the enemy.
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