Apr. 20, 1944; Non-Stop Arial Assaults from England:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY APRIL 20, 1944:

 

Charleston, West Virginia, Thursday Morning, April 20, 1944.

Non-Stop Aerial Assaults

From England Rock Reich;

Reds Stem Counter-Attack

American Bombers

Hit Plane Plants

RAF Drops Record Weight

On French Rail Points

LONDON, April 20.—(Thursday)—(INS)—

Some 3,000 Allied planes rocked Europe Wednesday from the French coast to

Germany itself in the second straight day of a record invasion- preparing offensive In which about 6,500 aircraft have dropped approximately 11,540 tons of bombs in 37 hours.

An estimated 2,500 Britain-based American planes, including escorted Fortress and Liberator heavy bombers that blasted six Luftwaffe centers in the Reich and Nazi coastal defenses in northern France, comprised the overwhelming majority

of the ' vast Allied armada hurled at the continent during the day.

Russians Narrow

Sevastopol Ring

Germans Try Desperately

To Save Lwow Base

LONDON, April 19.—Ml—

In an all-out drive to save their vital

Relief Column

Cuts Japanese

Kohima Trap

Tanks Climb Imphal Hills

To Blast Nip Invaders

From 3 Positions

KANDY, Ceylon, April 19.—

—A British relief expedition

Army Admits Allied Fire

Got More U.S. Transports

WASHINGTON, April 19.-(AP)-

A second instance of American troop transport planes coming under fire from Allied as well as enemy anti-aircraft guns—with 10 planes shot down with 44 officers and men missing—was reported tonight by the

War Department.

Reporting on the incident which| occurred at Catania. Sicily, last July 13-14, the department said it was estimated that 50 percent of the loss was due to "friendly"

anti-aircraft fire.

The department did not say who manned the Allied guns, but a navy spokesman emphasized that the fire did not come from United States naval vessels.

Recently, the department has acknowledged that 23 transport planes were shot down with the loss of 410 men on July 11 off Gela, on the southern Sicilian

coast, when Allied anti-aircraft gunners opened fire on them.

Today's announcement, as did the first, followed previous publication of unofficial reports of such losses.

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