Furious Air Battles On Russian Front

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 170, 21 July 1942, Page 5

Furious Air Battles On Russian Front

ARCTIC TO ROSTOV

Three-Day German Attack On Allied Convoy Defeated

(United Press Association.-Copyright.-R ee . i p . m .)

a- i i LONDON. July 20. Arctic to south of'Rosto"" 8 FWio" ll ? e , Ru ® sia " fron t from the on the Voronezh front where a es been fought one Red unit brought down' 33 °^ ing to the Moscow radio, Another unit patrolling the Don A p ' anes in two days. Planes in three days. d«troyed more than 30 German -H »"d night radio say, Russian fishier, on VI . , S , C ° W area The Moscow 2 3 planes attempting raid ! "* front «<"ked They .ho. down .wo and duT .he 'T, J"""*" 3 ' ° b ie«ive. later resumed the attack with 20 nlan ° J u" Germans -«■<• JJUS".dl pl ri d £„e R . uMiana asain fortifications, de'.'^oymg haV ° C Wi ' h Finnish many of .he personnel mach.ne-gun nests and killing large Plane. w™,To Ae"id ot ."b?.'a" R """ n *" d X^ ,n seti.T„r 1 t h .,, d T p * 3 ° v v°*° n c= men ,o crea.e . „„[, d b.L" ,"I P< " ,,b l<: "? th « merchantautoma.ic rifle, and anti-aircraft" on w » r » hl P' machine-guns, No merchantman wa, darned 8 ''""rated every attack.