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North Africa: GAF fighters stretched to limit escorting bombers, Italians flying...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/699
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This record is about the North Africa: GAF fighters stretched to limit escorting bombers, Italians flying... dating from 1942 July 4 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1942 July 4
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North Africa: GAF fighters stretched to limit escorting bombers, Italians flying fighter patrols over German Africa Corps and 90th Light Division as protection against RAF attacks, July 4; Kesselring complaint that promised motor transport had been withdrawn by Panzer Army, pointed out effect on GAF support, July 4; GAF urgent request reinforcements from Crete July 4.
Naval Headlines: operations against convoy PQ17 taken as main target, QP13 to be ignored, July 2; Italian Admiralty intention to use cruiser force in eastern Mediterranean as escort to troop transports, query from PM and reply from ISL.
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