NEW NAZI POWER EMPHASIZED
Defence Against Bombers
(Received October 4. 10.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 3.
"The Allies have temporarily lost their mastery of the skies over western Europe, and any hope of bombing Germany from the war within the next few months is wishful thinking.” said' Representative Will Rogers, of I,os Angeles. He added: “Now that Germany has accumulated an unbelievable number of anti-aircraft guns it is suicide for bombing missions below 15,000 ft. .The Germans are concentrating all their aircraft production on fighter planes, and the investment is beginning to pay. The Allies laughed when the Germans first used rockets on fighting pianos, but . the returning pilots did not laugh. They are meeting fighters equipped with one to eight rockets, which are used effectively. [Representative Rogers is a sori ot the late Mr. Will Rogers, noted American humorist. 1
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 8, 5 October 1943, Page 5
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