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NAPLES HARBOUR BOMBED An attack by heavy bombi i s ■ :i the harbour and dock area of triples is reported in to-dayT forth African communique, vinch says that several ship., ■■vc re hit in the harbour, target;, the dock area were hit, end '.-.any aircraft destroyed on the round. The 8.8.C. corresp.ei-;-'t in North Africa says that ■..curly 100 Flying Fortresses car- : ted out the attack, the first to ■ ■ made on the mainland of urope by aircraft from North Africa. The attack was concern- . ,atcd into a quarter of an hour. Ten ships were hit, including two liners, three submarines, and a repair ship. Twenty-seven enemy aircraft were hit on an airfield. All the Fortresses returned safely.—London, April 5.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23915, 6 April 1943, Page 1
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