Tripoli was raided by the Fleet Air Arm and two attacks on Malta on June 18 were headed off by British fighters. Ten large vehicles were destroyed on the Barceel Gubba road on June 13 and 19 vehicles were destroyed between Gazala and Fo Capuzzo on June 14. The following day transport columns and armoured vehicles were machine-gunned and disabled. ' On. June 17 in the Sidonmar district 20 vehicles were destroyed or disabled.
In Syria the British air force, besides attacking Rayak and Aleppo aerodromes and shipping at Beirut, shot nown three Junkers into the sea and damaged others off the Syrian coast. Eight or nine Junkers with Italian markings were about to atruck naval forces three miles from Sidon when Australian fighters intervened. Four of the Junkers dropped their bombs, but the remainder had to jettison them and retire.
The Australians then attacked three more Junkers which afterwards were seen falling into the sea. Others were seriously damaged, one flying away with a wing tip burning. The Australians suffered no damage or Concentrations of Nazi Air Power Reported HE not to expose the situation to
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