AXIS AIR LOSSES
HIJGE FIGURE REACHED U.S. AIRCRAFT PRAISED (3 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. Ten thousand Axis aircraft have been brought down during the war, not counting the heavy enemy losses in Russia, the Far East, arid the Pacific. This figure is given by the Englisn magazine Aeroplane, which pays a tribute to the United States Air Force..
Referring to the heavy toll of German fighters taken by Flying Fortresses and Liberator- bombers in the recent raid on Lille, the paper,.saysthat the United States machines are winning successes with a weapon the Royal Air Force never possessed—the .5 machine-gun. The Royal Air Force is equipped with only .303 machine guns and 20 m.m. cannon.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20917, 17 October 1942, Page 5
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114AXIS AIR LOSSES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20917, 17 October 1942, Page 5
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