ITALIANS HAVE POP AT JERRY
(Rec. 7 p.m.) OTTAWA, June 8. Italian prisoners in Libya manned British anti-aircraft guns to shoot down German raiders. WingCommander M. Loudon, British hero of the _ Libyan campaign, vouches for this. He is on his way to New York where he will be feted with other British and American war heroes. He said: “Our boys heard there were crack anti-aircraft gunners among a lot of Italian prisoners we had taken. Asked whether they would like to try their skill at popping Jerry planes, the Italians jumped at the opportunity. Under close observation they were put at the guns guarding our rear line airfields. They were very good too.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24766, 10 June 1942, Page 5
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