RAF, Beaufort torpedo-carrying aircraft attacked an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast on Sunday afternoon, A supply-ship of about 6,000 tons was hhit'by a torpedo'and probably sunk.
"Our attack so surprised the Germans," the pilot. said, "that by. the time they started to fire on us, had ropped my torpedo on one of 4 largest ships of the convoy. T did not actually see the torpedo strike but when T had pulled round the stern of the.convoy, the ship was listing badly and a good thick column of black smoke, about 100-feet high, was rising from' her amidships, I, think must have sunk. within afew Tu the Middle East the RAP. was also very active, bombing Galato aerodrome on the island of Rhodes, where a number of Axis planes dis persed on the ground were. set on fire, says an RAF, Middle Bast com-
RAF, bombers also heavily attacked Benghazi and started a number of fires, Successful, attacks are also said 110 have been" made on landing grounds at Benina, Gazala and Demo. Reuter,
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