RAIDS IN TUSCANY
ALLIED AIR FORCES
Rec. noon. RUGBY, Jan. 19. Allied air operations yesterday included attacks by escorted heavy bombers on key points and rail communications in Tuscany. The communique adds that railway yards at Pisa Pistoia, Poggibonsi, Pontedera, and Certaldo were bombed, also the airfield at Pistoia Medium bombers sank one enemy merchantman near Cape Castiglioncello and damaged another. Light aircraft were very active, co-operating with ground forces over the battle area. They also flew numerous sorties against communications in northern Italy and Yugoslavia, and damaged shipping off the Dalmatian coast. Seven enemy aircraft were destroyed for the loss of three of ours. Pistoia is an important communications centre where the line north of Florence divides, . one turning to Bologna and the other to Pisa and the coast. Pontedera is on the FlorencePisa railway, and Poggibonsi is on the main roaa nearly 40 miles south of Florence. Certaldo is 12 miles northwest of Poggibonsi. Cape Castiglioncello is 20 miles south of Leghorn.— 8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1944, Page 5
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