SUPPLIES FLOWN IN
Big Fleet Of U.S. Air Liners "Feeds" R.A.F. Squadrons
EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL Rec. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 24. For four days Royal Air Force squadrons, operating from bases in Italy, were kept in the air only by supplies flown in by a big fleet of American transport air liners, says Reuters correspondent with the R.A.F. in Italv. On the busiest day 121 transports landed on the first occupied landing ground with supplies of rations, fuel, bombs, spare parts and even jeeps. Royal Air Force personnel, as in Sicily, landed in Italy soon after the invading forces. New landing grounds were constructed in record time and the first squadrons to land were able to operate immediately. The experiment of bringing in supplies by air liners proved an unqualified success, enabling the Air Force to continue its tasks without calling on shipping space, which thus became available for the Army.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 228, 25 September 1943, Page 5
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