Cairo, Feb, 25.
The aerodrome and buildings at Addis Ababa were extensively damaged by the Royal Air Force in a raid ' yesterday, according to the RAF, communique. Transport columns were bombed and machinegunned, lorries were damaged and casualties to personnel caused, The RAF. aircraft met with opposition but they all got back safely, The South African Air Force again has been active in various African battle zones, In Eritrea, a South African squadron on Sunday destroyed eight Italian planes on the ground and damaged several others at Makale, in a low-flying machine-gun attack. Another Italian plane was shot down in an aerial fight, On Saturday, an R.A.F, fighter shot down an Italian plane north of Massawa, In Abyssinia, at Neghelli South African bombers registered direct hits on a motor-transport park, dumps and warehouses, (Reuter.
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