DECEMBER RAIDS
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
LONDON, January 2. All records for bombs and aircraft "y: dispatched were broken in December ■ "by American bombers operating from -~ -Britain. Ten major operations were ."" conducted, seven against Germany and ■*■•' three in France. Heavy bombers " "dropped more than 12,000 tons, .more ■ : than twice the weight dropped in November and nearly 35 per cent, of ' the total in the entire previous 16 - months. .' A total of 167 heavy bombers were :*■ lost, or 2.6 per cent, of the total air- " "craft dispatched. The average loss in '"the previous 16 months was 3.8 per - cent. The year's losses were 976 ' ~ bombers, which is well under 4 per ■ - cent, of those dispatched. A total of 3465 enemy fighters were destroyed, 836 were probably destroy- -"" ed, and 1591 were damaged. Bremen 'received 6165 tons of bombs, Emden! -3219 tons, Wilhelmshaven 2647, and| Kiel 1900. j Lieutenant-General Eaker, com- j manding the Eighth United States j .r^ Army Air Force, says that the produc-1 ■'• tion of German fighter planes has been "■■' cut by 40 per, cent, since July. j
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 1, 3 January 1944, Page 5
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178DECEMBER RAIDS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 1, 3 January 1944, Page 5
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