BASES IN NORMANDY
NOW FAR FROM BATTLE Rec. noon. RUGBY, Sept. 4. Iso rapid has been' the advance of General Eisenhower's ground forces that fighter-bombers based on England are now nearer to the battle than aircraft based on Normandy. Every effort is being made to establish air bases as close to the front line as possible in order to support the ground torces, when necessary, and also destroy the enemy's prepared positions. Thunderbolts operating against German traffic moving eastward from Belgium on the afternoon of September 3 destroyed or damaged 200 motor vehicles, 54 locomotives, and 75 railway cars.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1944, Page 5
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99BASES IN NORMANDY Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1944, Page 5
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