MASS FLIGHTS
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES WASHINGTON. (Rcc. 0.30 a.m.) Apl. 30. American Lightning fighters are making regular transatlantic mass (lights to North Africa and other combat areas, states a War Department announcement. The first crossing involved the transfer of several hundred planes, of which only one was lost. Bad weather forced down and damaged six planes, the pilots of which were rescued. Large numbers have since been delivered under their own rower from Californian factories to the battle fronts, using both the North and South Atlantic routes.
The Lightnings are equipped with releasable auxiliary fuel tanks under the wings, two of which double the plane's normal range. The Lightnings are accompanied by Flying Fortresses for navigational purposes, as well as transport planes carrying mechanics and servicing equipment.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25214, 1 May 1943, Page 5
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