NAZI AERODROME
AND SEVENTEEN PLANES DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS. WELL-PLANNED ATTACK. (British Official Wireless.l (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, September 23. The destruction of a German aerodrome and seventeen planes is described by a Moscow wireless message. Near the town of “S,” the Germans built an aerodrome, from which they tried to attack Leningrad. Captain Ermashenko received orders to locate this aerodrome. After some hours of flying he found it and saw enemy pilots preparing to carry out a raid. They did not see him and he returned to his base. A short time later, with an air squadron of bombers and fighters, he returned. The Germans were taken by surprise when the Russians began to bomb lhe aerodrome and machine-gun it. In the first attack, twelve enemy planes were destroyed and in the next five. Three Messerschmitts attempted to take off, but were shot down. The enemy aerodrome was destroyed and a big' oil store was set on fire. All the Russian planes returned safely.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1941, Page 5
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