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North Africa: GAF to reconnoitre and attack on Apr 14; front line on south Tunisian...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/1601

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This record is about the North Africa: GAF to reconnoitre and attack on Apr 14; front line on south Tunisian... dating from 1943 Apr 14 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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HW 1/1601

Date

1943 Apr 14

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North Africa: GAF to reconnoitre and attack on Apr 14; front line on south Tunisian sector, Apr 13; GAF make 70 sorties, Apr 13; GAF Tunis 1st evening report, Apr 13; many GAF aircraft destroyed in Allied bombing raid, Apr 13; serviceability of Axis airfields in Tunisia, Apr 12; GAF 2nd Air Fleet to move on Apr 16; GAF Air Fleet 2 orders for Apr 14, unit ground personnel to be withdrawn to Naples; aviation fuel and anti-aircraft ammunition to be given highest priority for shipment to Tunisia, Apr 13; indication of GAF fighter-bomber reinforcement for Tunisia, Apr 12.

Mediterranean: GAF Stuka unit to transfer from Russian Front to Sardinia for training, Apr 12; Portuguese ship sunk by submarine, Apr 12.

GAF HQ report on ground forces situation, Apr 13; Goering orders that anti-tank flying units are to be used only against tanks, with priority to enemy break-through, Apr 12; officers posted to commander for attacks on England, Apr 10.

Note

2422/T28 to DMI under 2970 (not included in series); see 2988

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c/2960

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