MASSED RAIDS
ON OREL AND ADJACENT AREAS. AND ON OTHER AXIS-HELD JUNCTIONS. LONDON, June 5. A special announcement oyer Moscow radio stated: “During Friday night the Soviet long-range air force carried out a mass raid on the railway junction at Orel and the surrounding area, in which 520 planes took part. As a result of devastating bombing of the railway junction great fires broke out, and railway trains and ammunition and oil dumps were left burning. The fires were accompanied by powerful explosions. One Soviet plane failed to return.” A special Soviet communique states: “Last night Soviet long-range aircraft carried out a mass raid against the railway junction of Bryansk and Karachev. Direct hits were observed, followed by large fires and explosions.”
Another Soviet communique states that there were no important changes in the land fronts. There was local activity on the central front, the Kalinin front, the Leningrad front, in the Lisichansk area, and west of Rostov. More than 1000 Germans were killed, much equipment was destroyed and many prisoners were captured. Seven German planes were shot down in the Leningrad area.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1943, Page 3
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