THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 27, 1943;
A large force of American heavy bombers attacked
airfields and industrial targets in France by daylight
Saturday, winding up the biggest week yet seen in
the mighty Allied aerial offensive which has devastated
the German war cradle in the Ruhr valley and woven a pattern
of destruction along Hitler's coastal wall.
Massed squadrons of lying Fortresses shattered
strategic sections of t h e earthquake-proof" city of
Messina Friday with their biggest
attack yet staged in the Mediterranean, it was disclosed Saturday.
Liberator and Flying Fortress bombers blasted Rabaul, New
Britain, with 20 tons of bombs Saturday on the strength of reports
that- the Japanese had 170 planes and considerable shipping, Including
a" converted aircraft carrier, concentrated Inhere.
In three successive waves they 'swept over the base in a high level
attack before dawn, roaring through a curtain of anti-aircraft fire so
Interne that later two of the American-manned bombers were'. reported
missing. '
The Abilene Daily – News
ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1943
FRANCE NEWEST BOMB TARGET
Allies Nearly
Done Wiping
Ruhr Off Map
LONDON, Sunday, June 27
—(AP)—A large force of American heavy bombers attacked
airfields and industrial targets in France by daylight
Saturday, winding up the biggest week yet seen in
the mighty Allied aerial offensive which has devastated
the German war cradle in the Ruhr valley and woven a pattern
of destruction along Hitler's coastal wall.
A communique Issued Jointly by the U. s. Army's European theater
headquarters and the British air ministry said supporting Thunderbolts
destroyed three enemy fighters find that some unescorted bombers
shot down a "considerable number."
Messina Left
Smoking Ruin
by Fort Raid
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
" NORTH AFRICA, June 26
—(AP)—Massed squadrons of lying Fortresses shattered
strategic sections of t h e earthquake-proof" city of
Messina Friday with their biggest
attack yet staged in the Mediterranean, it was disclosed Saturday.
The record raid marked another powerful blow In the continuing
effort to isolate Sicily, Mussolini's island bastion off Southern Italy.
The Forts, roaring out more than 100 strong, showered the
Messina port and rail areas so heavily that 'when the last
raider attacked there was so much smoke and dust that further
observation of damage was Impossible," Allied headquarters
said.
Jap Shipping,
Planes Blasted
In Rabaul-Raid
• ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Sunday, June 27—
(AP) Liberator and Flying Fortress bombers blasted Rabaul, New
Britain, with 20 tons of bombs Saturday on the strength of reports
that- the Japanese had 170 planes and considerable shipping, Including
a" converted aircraft carrier, concentrated Inhere.
In three successive waves they 'swept over the base in a high level
attack before dawn, roaring through a curtain of anti-aircraft fire so
Interne that later two of the American-manned bombers were'. reported
missing. '
They unloaded their incendiaries and high explosive bombs on one
of three Rabaul airdromes and on the docks.
The bomb tonnage brought to 196 the amount dropped in seven
raids on Rabaul dating back to June 16.
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