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Division IV 131 Strictly confidential! Radio and light service. Use of service! 10.9/π/0 Jn own responsibility to destroy! Test no. ( § 353 c RSTGB ). B e r i c h t e of l9 November 194o. .c.d. Lon d o n - English. 1.10/1s.40 The enemy aviation activity of the last night was directed to the estuary of the Mersey river, the Midlands and against some parts of southern England. Damage was everywhere irrelevant. Few Öpfer were to be lamented. The Navy Ministry announces: Light British fleet units have carried out a successful operation against the port Dante in Italy. Somali land. Oil tanks, coastal and flak batteries were severely damaged. The British armed forces had no damage or losses. Another ship, which sailed in the course of 38 ships, which was attacked in the Atlantic by a German caper ship, has now arrived in a British port. It is around the tanker San Demetrio. Thus, of the 38 ships 33 are now in safety. The captain of the auxiliary cruiser, who went down with his ship and through his fight enabled the escape of the largest part of the escort train, was awarded the Victoria Cross. Nine of the latest fighter planes of the Douglas aircraft fanship in Los Angeles are ready for flight to New York and from there for shipping to England. It is BB 7 - machines, two-engined fighter aircraft with a stud speed of 64o km. England has ordered more than one hundred of these machines. A large number of the B 24 bombers, which are built in the aircraft plants Consolidatet Aircroft Company, will also be completed soon. They are called the strongest fighter aircraft in the USA. The same factory is also busy with the construction of 6oo two-engine seaplanes. The Curtis White company will present a new fighter aircraft tomorrow, which can reach great heights much faster than any aircraft in the world. The sound of the engines is so sophisticated that it will be difficult to establish the position of the machines from the ground. The Society has made a statement that a large number of these machines are under construction by order of a foreign power. As things now lie, it can hardly be a country other than England. The attacks of the British Air Force only contemplated last night against the Leuna works. The target area was continuously attacked for 3 hours. Large fires and explosions were perceived. - Aile brit. Machines returned unharmed. Yesterday at day a German Dornier aircraft and a Heinkel water plane were shot down. Jn of the week, which with the l8. In November, objects in Gdansk, Berlin were bombed twice, Hamburg three times and l6 more cities in Germany. Hamburg was already bombed 56 times. It is now known that during the attack on 5 November the Hamburger Ülhafen was completely destroyed by fire. The British Admiralty announces: Jn of the week, which with the ll. In November, 13 merchant ships were lost with a tonnage of 7l.oooTo. It is lo brit., an allied and 2 neutral -2-