ALLIED BOMBING

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25051, 15 November 1944, Page 6

ALLIED BOMBING

'MEDITERRANEAN AREAS BRENNER PASS BRIDGES '(Reed. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 13 Escorted heavy bombers of the United States Fifteenth Army Air Force yesterday attacked four railway bridges on the Brenner Pass lino in Northern Italy, states the Mediterranean air communique. Elsewhere aircraft of the Tactical Air Force attacked more military objectives in the battle areas and communication targets in the Po Valley. Coastal aircraft were active against shipping in the Adriatic, and the Balkan Air Force flew missions to Albania and, Yugoslavia, attacking transport communications and other targets. _ From these operations, involving about 1200 sorties, eight aircraft are missing.

ITALIAN CRIME WAVE ALLIED ADVICE TO ROMANS ;(Recd, 5.35 p.m.) _ LONDON,, Nov. 13 Significant of the crime wave in Italy, (Allied Military Intelligence has issued a pamphlet entitled, "How to Get Home •Alive at Night," says tho New York -Times correspondent in Rome. The pamphlet. suggests that the people of Rome should go in twos or threes after dark instead of walking alone. Also they should- ask - Allied soldiers going the game way to serve as informal escorts. The crime wave today _ reached a humorous climax when a thief stole the overcoat of the Chief of the Allied Military Police.

; SHOT DOWN IN FRANCE V AIRMAN LOSES A LEG REPATRIATED NEW ZEALANDER '(Special Correspondent) LONDON, Nov. 13 "I just wanted to drop off to sleep," said Flying-Officer M. Sutherland, of Port Chalmers, describing his experiences when he was shot down over France by a Focke Wulf on August 22, 1943. Flying-Officer Sutherland, who had flown with the New Zealand Spitfire Squadron for 18 months, and had taken part in 50 sweeps,'was flying with the squadron that day when it went to the assistance of a Fighting French squadron, which was being attacked by 30 Focke Wulfs. The New Zealanders in turn were attacked by another 30 enemy planes and cannon shell went through the calf of Flying-Officer Sutherland's jright leg. His Spitfire was also damaged and petrol was leaking into the cockpit, hut he endeavoured to reach England. It was then that the Otago flier felt the desire to go to sleep, and he actually lost consciousness for a time. He camo to suddenly and decided to use his parachute immediately. He remembers falling and pulling the ripcord, but he then became unconscious again. He has. vague memories of being in two cars but says he did not fully recover until he was in Rouen Hospital two clays later. There he was well treated arid given a blood transfusion and his leg was amputated. Ho remained in Rouen until January, 1944, when he went to Germany. He was repatriated to England in September last. FlyingOfficer Sutherland will have an artificial limb affixed before returning to New Zealand. . Several New Zealanders are now serving in the communication squadron, flying "vips" (very important persons), between France, Belgium and Holland. They had ail previously done a tour of operations and they include Flightlieutenant C. P. Cowan (Whangarei), Flying-Officers E. J. Fry (Wellington), J. W. A. Johnston (Auckland) and H. G. Findlater (Dunedin), and PilotOfficers E. D. Moon and J. R. J. Bailey (Christchurch). Their work is not without risks,. While flying at 1000 ft over Holland in an Anson plane FlyingOfficer Fry was fired at by Germans. Flying-Officer Johnston has also been attacked while flying an Auster plane.

CAIRO ASSASSINATION ARRESTS IN JERUSALEM ■ LONDON, Nov. 13 Twenty persons, believed to have had contact with tho murderers of Lord Moyne, British Minister in the Middle East, have been arrested in Jerusalem. Tel Aviv and Haifa, says tho Associated Press Jerusalem correspondent. Renter's correspondent states that investigations reveal that the two Jows charged.with Lord Moyne's murder gave false names. Cohen is actually Aliahu Hakim, aged 25, from Haifa. He served in a Palestine unit of the British Army until discharged last February. Swilssmann is Ephraim Ben Zuri, aged 23 from Tel Aviv, where he lived with his family until five weeks ago when he ' o £ T as going to look for ' J -Both the men arrived in Egypt separately and did not know each other before meeting in Cairo under sealed orders 18 days before the assassination i alesuino police conducting tho inveslgations believe the perpetrators, who arrived m Cairo at least 18 days before tho assassination, obtained firearms and 56,;S 6, ;, es Egypt from persona al- " wireless ™' * the British official