HEAVIER BOMB LOADS
U.S. GENERAL'S SUPPORT
Rec. 12.50 p.m. " RUGBY, June 28. Major-General Henry Miller, commander of the Eighth United States Air Force, said today that he was ready to support a 45 per cent, increase in the bomb loads to be dropped on enemy territory, as promised in a recent statement in Washington. "Supplies are being organised for this greater effort,"-he said. "We have all the facilities we need, thanks to the British, who have given us depots, station equipment, and supplies. We? are definitely set up for a great new flow of planes to the European theatre and for the aerial offensive against Germany. We have plenty of bombs on hand, including 4000-pounders. Our supplies are more than adequate." Asked if a 45 per cent, increase was possible, he said: "I think it is more than possible; I think it is very probable."—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 152, 29 June 1943, Page 5
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