IN GREAT FORCE
FLYING FORTRESS ATTACK ON EMDEN THOUSAND TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED. MANY GERMAN FIGHTERS DESTROYED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, September 27. A horde of Flying Fortresses flung down about 1,000 tons of bombs against the German U-boat base of Emden today.
They were accompanied for the first time on the entire round trip of 600 miles by Thunderbolt fighters. Many German fighters came up to attack the bombers, but were fought off, mostly by Thunderbolts. However, when the German fighters did break through, the Fortresses overwhelmed them. The official figures, when issued, are likely to show heavy German losses. Thunderbolt pilots from one station alone shot down nine planes. The Fortresses, at their greatest height, flew in 76 degrees of frost. Their bombs were mounted in a new manner, allowing a greater diversity of bombs and a greater weight in each plane. The load included a thousand small incendiaries. A great force, of bombers was employed to enable them to carry out area bombing, instead of the usual precision bombing.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 September 1943, Page 4
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