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APPENDIX V.
The following casualties have occurred to H.M. Auxiliary Patrol Vessels during the week under review :-
23rd January.
Minesweeping Trawler Ronso mined off the South Foreland.
Minesweeping Trawler Courtier damaged by mine off Milford Haven. 25th January.
Minesweeping Trawler Their Merit damaged by a near miss bomb at
Yarmouth, 6 casualties.
26th January.
Minesweeping Trawler Bervie Braes slightly damaged by a mine off
Falmouth.
27th January.
Minesweeping Trawler Darogah mined and sunk in the Thames Estuary. Mine laying drifter Silva was beached near Harwich, having sustained
damage by fouling a wreck.
Casualties to Naval Personnel.
The following casualties have been reported:-
Officers: 1 killed and 12 killed, previously reported missing, 1 missing,
1 wounded.
Ratings: 14 killed, 20 missing, 19 wounded.
APPENDIX VI.
British.
Operational Aircraft Battle Casualties.
0600 hrs., 23rd January, 1941, to 0600 hrs., 30th January, 1941.
Bombers Fighters Coastal
Metropolitan Area.
In the Air.
On the Ground.
German.
Bombers
Fighters
Miscellaneous
1
Total
1
1
Destroyed.
1
Probably Destroyed.
Damaged.
2
Total
2
Nil
4
No account is taken of aircraft destroyed on the ground. Of the above totals, 2 aircraft were destroyed by A.A. fire.
British.
Bombers... Fighters. Coastal
Total
Middle East.
In the Air.
On the Ground.
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3
Nil
303
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