a semi-circle with a radius of approximately" 10 miles, followed bombing of the harbour which began Wednesday at 10 am, when seven big black German planes with swastika markings bombed the harbour, Eorlier, a naissance plane few over the. Anti-niroratt batteries shot down three bombers, believed to have boon Junkers 87, and a British Hurricane shot down tone Messerschmitt 110, The planes apparently were pilot~ ed by Germans and flew only a few dred fect above the ground, but missed the ships in the harbour, The harbour already was fied with wrecks of vesxols stink by the RAF, when Tobruk was in tralian hands, Wednesday at 6 p.m, 10 German planes raided Tobruk, 1 watched ree dive bomb the harbour, one after the other, Soon all lew'away, apparently to dodge anti-alreratt Are, One zoomed away to avoid a burst of ntivaireratt shells which wore exploding uncomfortably close below, Wednesday at 10. pam, a lone raider, believed to have deen Ttalian, bombed Tobruk from a high altitude, by the Light of an almost full silvery! moon, Well out of reach of antiaircraft, he circled the harbour about 40 minutes, dropping bombs which fled the sky with a yellow alow.-—Unites Press, and there a landmark could be seen, Their course was marked by pyramids of searchlights or a cluster of hell bursts. Over Berlin they had to work their way through the defences on an uneven course then straighten and fly steadily for the bombing oF practice run.
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