WIDESPREAD TARGETS
PLANES ON BALKANS FRONTS British Official Wireless Rec. 2.30 p.m. RUGBY, April 9. Strong forces of escorted heavy bombers on Sunday attacked railway yards and bridges in Northern Italy. Fighters bombed railways and bridges in Southern Germany and attacked railway movements in Linz, Salzburg and Munich areas. Medium bombers bombed bridges in three places on the Brenner Line and north-west of Ferrara, gun positions at Spezia, and a sugar refinery in the Lower Po Valley. Fighters and fighter-bombers attacked targets on the Brenner route, supply dumps in the Po Valley, and objectives In the battle area. Guns on Rab Island Were attacked by light and medium bombers. Rocket-firing fighters supported the Yugoslav Army. Fighter-bombers attacked railway yards and bridges in Yugoslavia, also Adriatic shipping. A tunnel and fort in North-west Italy were targets for the Coastal Air Force.' British warships continued their k 'bombardment in support of the Fiftl.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 84, 10 April 1945, Page 6
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