POWERFUL BLOWS
AT SUBMARINE BASES STRUCK BY AMERICAN BOMBERS. SUPPORTED BY ALLIED FIGHTERS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. May 29. The largest force of heavy bombers yet employed by the United States Eighth Air Force made a three-pronged attack on targets in France late this afternoon, states a joint British and American announcement. Flying Fortresses attacked the U-boat base of St. Nazaire and military targets at Rennes, while Liberators bombed the U-boat '' base at La Pallice. Visibility was good and bursts were seen on all three target areas. The Fortresses attacking Rennes and St. Nazaire encountered heavy fighter opposition, destroying many of the enemy. They were supported by R.A.F., American, Dominion and Allied fighters. The Liberators were unescorted to La Pal I ice. Thirteen bombers are missing from all operations. Air Chief-Marshal Sir Philip Joubert, an inspector-general of the R.A.F., revealed that Allied bombers so completely shattered one U-boat base that not one submarine could be launched from it for the next three months.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1943, Page 3
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