7000 AIRCRAFT OUT DURING 48 HOURS
(Z p.m.) LONDON, April 28. In the 48 hours to nightfall tonight, a record total of about 7000 Allied aircraft pounded targets in Germany .and occupied territory. Daylight activity today was on a smaller scale than yesterday, but hundreds of fighters and bombers streamed out from Britain all day, attacking airfields, communications and German defences. Daylight operations from Britain have now continued without a break for a fortnight.
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Northern Advocate, 29 April 1944, Page 5
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747000 AIRCRAFT OUT DURING 48 HOURS Northern Advocate, 29 April 1944, Page 5
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