 During the night a five-man raiding party was landed by submarine on Crete and damaged or destroyed about of "Lehrgeschwader" 1 at Maleme airfield.The activity of raiding parties was reported to Washington by Bonner Fellers; three SBS parties had landed the week previous, one to attack the aircraft but had not been able to penetrate the airfield security.After dark, Axis aircraft continuously illuminated the convoy with flares and dropped occasional bombs, then at the "Luftwaffe" attacked the main escort force catching up from the east, dropping more bombs and flares until British fighters arrived after dawn.