U.S. BOMBERS
FROM SOVIET BASES
FIRST MISSION COMPLETED Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, June 6. The first combat mission of United States bombers, based in the Soviet Union, coincided with the opening of the invasion operations from -England. All the *American bombers returned after a successful bombing of Galatz aerodrome. A correspondent quotes the pilots as saying: "We are jubilant over a good day's work." News of the invasion was received on the bombers' radio.
On Monday night, Soviet long-range aircraft carried out a massed raid on railway junctions and military targets at Jassy, states a Soviet communique. Ninety fires broke out, followed . by powerful explosions. All the Soviet planes returned. During Tuesday, in the area northwest and north of Jassy, Soviet troops successfully repelled all enemy tank and infantry attacks. On Monday, in this area, 49 German tanks were destroyed or disabled and 142 enemy planes shot down. There were no changes in other sectors. — 8.0. W. ' ' .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1944, Page 7
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