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THE GHINA MAIL, JANUARY 21, 1941

TWO VITAL TASKS ENTRUSTED TO R.A.F. COASTAL COMMAND

(By Reuter's Air Correspondent)

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE Coastal Com- mand is straining every nerve to assist the Navy to upset the Axis plans for reducing American aid to Britain and, at a crucial mo- ment, launching any surprise invasion.

The magnitude of the task and pointers to success in its execution were outlined by a senior R.A.F. officer yesterday.

Aerial escort is being provided the through 20 many convoys noth-western approaches to Bri

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U-Boat commanders have dopt the technique of attack- these ing Atlantic shipping in approaches by night instead

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FOUR HUNDRED OFFICERS, AND THE SECOND CONTIN- GENT OF 4,000 ITALIAN PRI

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submaribes by ligat well as by day are being de- BONERS, WHO HAVE ARRIVED veloped. New long-range nighters | FROM THE WESTERN DESERT, wil be coming into service

HAVE ARRIVED IN INDIA

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So vigilan are Coastal Cm- mand reconnaissance ai.craft alt the way from Norway to South France that it is calculated tha. wil. these "eyes" of the R.A.F. give due notice or the last stage of preparation for invasion any- where along occupied--Europeani coastline.

Invasion barges are still here t: and while they are unlikely sail in the present weather, watch is being kept for any sign of move.

From the outbreak of the war to the middle of this month, air escort had been provided for 4,700 convoys.

Submarines were sighted on 260 occasions.

Approximately, 166 at acks were made on them. The number of "Itills" is not revealed.

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In the last few months, ap- proximately 50,000 tons enemy shipping were destroyed by aerial torpedo attack alone. Scores of mine-laying flights have been made to estuaries in enemy-occupied territory for which "remarkable Guccesses" are claimed.

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