DESPERATE AIR EFFORT
COSTS AXIS HEAVY LOSSES. AND FAILS TO IMPEDE ALLIED ONSLAUGHT. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) LONDON, June 9. As the Allied air offensive against Italy’s island outposts increases in intensity, recalling the technique of the African campaigns, in which every land attack was preceded by the maximum air blitz, the German commander in the south, Air Marshal Kesselring, has switched fighter squadrons to the threatened zone in a desperate effort to stop the paralysing raids. This intervention, however, has not interfered with the relentless onslaught and has cost the Axis heavy losses. It has only served to underline the completeness of the Allied air supremacy. Reporting the operations on Monday, an Italian communique said: “The gar-
rison of Pantelleria, reacting with undiminished bravery in the face of the uninterrupted air assaults, destroyed six planes, and a further three crashed after duels with German fighters. Enemy bombers over Messina and Trapani taused considerable damage.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1943, Page 3
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