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Wave after wave of Stukas and Junkers-88s came over, hour after hour, day after day. They had fighter protection, but they were careless of losses. Malta's fighters, Hurricanes and Spitfires, tore into the attackers. The anti-aircraft batteries opened up full blast. The guns of navy ships in the harbor joined in. "The thunderous noise," said a London report, "was indescribable...
...Paris) furiously counterattacked, took it again. While British naval units poured fire into Sidon, they were attacked by Axis bombers, and Nazis claimed a direct hit on a heavy cruiser. Vichy boasted it had dive-bombed two British destroyers and crippled them. Australian fighters shot down three German Junkers 88s with Italian markings, sent presumably from Dodecanesan Rhodes. After Sidon, the Australian troops pressed on up the coast to the outskirts of Beirut, at which the Royal Navy and the R.A.F. had slammed all week...
...Henry was reported well equipped with planes, tanks, Bren gun-carriers and artillery, all having heavy fire power. He also commanded an unknown quantity of material: the Australians used Tomahawk fighters (Curtiss P-40s) to drive the Ju. 88s away at Sidon...
...starboard engine on fire. When we were at last in a position to attack there were only seven left, four in front and three behind. . . . We had a real field day making attack after attack-a few Me. 1095 turned up but did not hinder us. The Ju. 88s went down all over the place. The scrap started at 13,000 ft. and the bombers just pushed their throttles wide open and screamed downhill in a vain attempt to get away. We bagged the lot, the last three coming down in the sea. My ammunition ran out at about...
...Adee '95, H. P. Olcott '01, G. Goss '03, P. T. Stillman '95, H. Metcalf '04, S. B. Thorne '96, C. Gould '02, C. T. Weymouth '02 L. S., W. H. Corbin '89, A. H. Sharpe '02 M. S., B. Chamberlain '97S., F. T. Murphy '97, W. T. Bull '88S., V. C. McCormick '93S., and W. Camp...