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ON ONE GROUP OF BOMBERS LONDON, April 8. German fighters over Antwerp, during the raid by American planes on Monday, appeared to be adopting new tactics of concentrating chiefly on one group of bombers. Pilots of these bombers reported that the opposition was the fiercest they had known, whereas other pilots got off comparatively without trouble. Brigadier - General Frank Armstrong, who was an observer in the formation which bore the brunt of the attacks, said that the fighter opposition was the toughest he had seen. There were at least 75 enemy fighters, possibly 100. "I had not enough eyes to count them," he said. "We were the leading formation and those fighters were really picking on us with everything they had." Armstrong was lucky to get back alive, for his Flying Fortress returned with a 20-millimetre shell in its nose, holes in the main wing-spar, and the oxygen and hydraulic systems out of order. A short-circuit in the hydraulic system started a fire, but the co-pilot jerked a blazing wire loose and another of the crew grabbed an extinguisher and put out the fire.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 85, 10 April 1943, Page 5
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