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South Europe: GAF report Spitfire attack on Taormina, July 9; German report of landings...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/1817

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This record is about the South Europe: GAF report Spitfire attack on Taormina, July 9; German report of landings... dating from 1943 July 10 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 1/1817
Date
1943 July 10
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South Europe: GAF report Spitfire attack on Taormina, July 9; German report of landings on Sicily, but none on Sardinia, July 10; GAF reconnaissance shows 50 craft in Syracuse harbour, July 10; GAF to concentrate on landing troops rather than warships, July 10; GAF SK10 aircraft located near Salerno, July 9; GAF reconnaissance report of landing fleet off Sicily, early morning July 10; GAF claim that parachutists in Castel Vetrano area mopped up, July 10; GAF Sicily has 150 fighters, July 9; German report of fighting on Favignana island off Sicily, July 10

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
c/3825
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