BIG AIR VICTORY
WON BY THE RUSSIANS ENEMY MASS RAIDS IN KUBAN SMASHED. DESTRUCTION OF 116 GERMAN AIRCRAFT. LONDON, April 29. The Russians have won a big air victory over the Germans in the Kuban area. Altogether 116 Ger-
man aircraft have been destroyed
since yesterday morning, when the enemy attempted mass raids on Russian troops and military tar-
gets west of Krasnodar.
After routing the enemy planes the Russian aircraft took over the initiative and attacked various eneiny targets. In the two days the Russians lost 45 planes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 April 1943, Page 4
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