RAID ON RHINELAND
Strong Force Of Bombers (Rec. 1.5 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. A strong force of Royal Air Force bombers last night raided the upper Rhineland, Frankfurt and Wiesbaden being the principal targets. Fighters simultaneously attacked railways in the Low Countries, destroying several locomotives. Sixteen bombers are missing. SHIPBUILDING YARDS NEAR ROUEN BOMBED (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 24. Protected by Fighter Command squadrons of Spitfires, Flying Fortresses of the United States Army Air Forces today bombed ship-building, yards near Rouen. Two enemy fighters were destroyed and several were damaged. Two Royal Air Force fighters are missing. While the Flying Fortresses were attacking under escort, more squadrons of Spitfires, including United States Army Air Force pilots, swept in over the coast near Abbeville. Fierce dogfights developed over the target, where at least 40 enemy fighters tried vainly to get at the bombers, all of which returned safely.
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Southland Times, Issue 24832, 26 August 1942, Page 5
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148RAID ON RHINELAND Southland Times, Issue 24832, 26 August 1942, Page 5
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