Mighty Air Force for Three-way Assault
LONDON, Nov. 3. The Allies are planning for this winter the final three-way air assault to crack Germany’s war industry. This is the intention behind the creation of the new Fifteenth Army Air Force under Lieut.-General Spaatz, says the British United Press’s Algiers correspondent. The intention to make North Africa one of the main bases for an air offensive overshadowing even the present attacks has made the formation of the new force necessary. The Fifteenth Air Force, combined with the Twelfth, will form one of the most formidable striking forces the world has ever seen. It will consist mainly of Flying Fortresses anc’ Liberators. The Exchange Telegraph Arency’s Algiers correspondent says that one of the biggest air battles of the Italian campaign occurred during the raid against Wiener Neustadt, in Austria. No final count of the enemy’s losses is yet available, but he sent up between 75 and 100 fighters, at least 30 of which were destroyed for the loss of six of our bombers.
The Germans say that R.A.F. bombers made a ‘‘terror attack” on Cologne this evening.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 263, 5 November 1943, Page 5
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