BOMBING SORTIES
Air Support For Allies
In Italy PROGRESSIVE INCREASE Rec. 12.30 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 6. The weight and concentration of Allied air power which can be brought to bear on the battlefields in Italy progressively increases. Thus the Eighth Army's attack, launched on the night of November 27-28 from its bridgehead over the Sangro against the German winter line, has been given sustained and close air support on a scale greater than ever before in Italy, despite bad weather. During the week leading up to the attack, from November 21 to 27 inclusive, in this eastern battle area alone some 1600 sorties were flown by Allied medium, light and fighterbombers in support of the bridgeheads already established and in preparation for the actual assault. In the three days following the attack over 1200 bombing sorties were flown in support of the Allied ground forces. On the day prior to the attack, the peak day of Allied close support, the' sorties numbered about 24 times the German equivalent in this critical action.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 290, 7 December 1943, Page 3
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