RUSSIAN PRAISE
ROYAL AIR FORCE ANSWER TO VIOLATORS FACING COMMON FOE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 19, 9 a.m.) LONDON. Aug. 18. In the correspondence columns of The Times appears a letter sent by cable to the editor from Moscow by 13 Soviet airmen. It reads: “Allow us to convey greetings to our colleagues—the valorous airmen of Britain. Jointly with them we will accomplish a common cause, retorting each blow by Nazi aircraft with an answering blow, defending in air battles the honour, liberty ana independence of our native lands and the freedom of all mankind. “Admiringly we follow the actions of the Royal Air Force, inflicting telling blows on industrial centres and the captial of the conceited Nazi Reich and refuting Goering’s vaunted twaddle that no bomb would fall on the Ruhr. And Soviet pilots, too, are fighting the' foe. “Friends, British airmen, let us smite the enemy still more strongly; Let each Nazi plane daring to rise on its piratical flight be shot down and destroyed. Let us demolish the war plants and heavy industry of Hitlerite Germany. Let us utterly obliterate Hitler's gang of violators and murderers. Cordial greetings and wishes for the best of luck in our joint fight.”
The signatories range from a brigade commander to second lieutenants.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 5
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