Bombers of the Royal Air Force throughout Saturday and the preceding night continued to harass the enemy in Cyrenaica, the communique reported. An aerodrome at Benina was heavily attacked at night, and two Junkers troop-carriers were destroyed by bombs and machine-mun fire, Many others were severely damaged, The aerodrome was again severely bombed during daylight en Saturday, and many other Junkers troop-carriers were damaged.
In Benghazi a large fire and violent explosions were caused on military objectives, Royal Air Force planes again gave continuous and powerful air support to the successful operations of British ground forces in the Amba Alagi and Flaga Pass areas in Abyssinia. Great destructions was caused to enemy fortifications, motor transport and supplies by bomb and machine-gun attacks heavy casualties were inflicted on enemy troops, From all these operations, the communique adds, all British aircraft returned safely.—Reuter,
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