5000 PLANES IN 48 HOURS
ALLIED BOMBERS RANGE AT WILL le'egraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 22. 9.45 p.m., LONDON, F.bra.r, 21 At least 5000 Allied planes in the last 48 hours struck crippling blow?) at Germany's war industries, says the aviation correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The correspondent estimated that more than 7000 tons of T onn ere onn PP speci k ec * military objectives, compared with 200 to 3UO tons dropped at random over Britain. The British United Press says that Flying Fortresses and Liberators with fighter escorts, ranged at will over a number of targets m North-west Germany to-day. The bombers were almost as numerous as m the great raid on Sunday, when 2000 planes participated. To-day they returned to the attack in daringly small formations. The bombers worked under the protection of approximately 1000 Their crews believe that the German Air Force was exhausted. They flew across Germany as though on a practice flight only.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24825, 23 February 1944, Page 5
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