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Southern Europe: Confirmation of effectiveness of Flak in defence of Catania, July...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/1904

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HW 1/1904
Date
1943 Aug 1
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Southern Europe: Confirmation of effectiveness of Flak in defence of Catania, July 29; Italian Admiralty instructs Naval authorities Naples, Taranto, Messina and Maddelena to keep strict guard on MAS and other small craft to prevent desertions of some Petty Officers and ratings to Allied occupied Sicily, July 31; German heavy fighter unit to move from Naples area to Lorient for operations in Bay of Biscay, July 30; ban on southbound naval reinforcements beyond the Brenner, July 31.

Croat bomber crews likely to be unwilling to return to operate in Soviet Union with obsolescent aircraft, July 30.

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c/4051
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