Berat was attacked by strong forces of bombers and fighters on ten casions in March alone, and raids on these bases have recently been in-Jcreased in both number and strength.
addition bombers have made powerful raids on Tepelini. Himare, Beshishat, Dragotu, Glave and many. Jother points. Despite the adverse weather, March was. in fact. a partic Jeularly " successful month for the R.A. F. in Albania, In that month 185 enemy aircraft were lost, of which 64 were destroyed in five days.
There is keen competition among the fighter squadrons regarding the number of Italian aircraft shot down, [The "game card" for one squadron, for example, shows a grand total of 68 enemy planes definitely shot down. with many probables, Reconnaissance flights along the whole front from Lake Presba in the north, to the coast, and over the Yonian Sea and the Gulf of Otranto have been of outstanding assistance to the Greek fozees. The magnificent efforts of the Greek armies at points such as Pogradetz, Ergyrokastron and Koritza were achieved with the full ce-operation of the R. A.
Tu all these achievements the R.A. F, stands in direct contrast to observation of results dimeult but both the German battle cruisers were still seen at their berths, the communique reported.
"Hundreds of heavy bombs were dropped on the dock area and bursts. were seen which appeared to be either on or near the ships, but it was impossible to confirm direct hits," the Alr Ministry stated—United Press.
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