BOMBERS OVER ROME
No Reports Of Damage
(Rec. 7.50) LONDON, Jan. 13. Allied bombers, strongly escorted by fighters, attacked Rome at noon today, says the Rome radio. Numerous bombs were dropped on the city and its suburbs. Allied planes flew over the Vatican City. The German News Agency says that the enemy bomber formations which flew over Rome consisted of 90 planes. There was a certain amount of unrest among the population when low-flying formations appeared. Anti-aircraft guns outside the city went into action and German fighters took off. A series of dogfights.was fought over Rome between 6000 and 25.000 feet. A heavy bomb fell about 220 yards from the boundary of Vatican City but failed to explode.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22791, 15 January 1944, Page 5
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118BOMBERS OVER ROME Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22791, 15 January 1944, Page 5
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