GREAT BOMBING
DOOL/ITTLiE'S AIR CREWS Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 29. Lieutenant-General James H. Doolittle, commanding General of the United States Eighth Air Force, has received a message from Air ViceMarshal Cole-Hamiltcn, of R.A.F. Group Headquarters, stating: "Please accept heartiest congratulations on the outstanding and truly magnificent achievements of both your bomber and fighter air crews and pilots in destroying no less than 236 German aircraft in two days, not to mention the devastating effects of ycur bombing. "I should be grateful, the message continues, "if you would convey, particularly to your fighter pilots, my warmest admiration and congratulations on the tremendous number of successes they' have achieved and are achieving in shooting down the enemy."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 284, 30 November 1944, Page 5
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