RUSSIAN AIR AND SEA SUCCESSES
STUBBORN FIGHTING CONTINUES ißw'. 11.7 b p.m > Rutib-.. Sp:4. 30. The destruction of 263 German planes in two days is recorded in the latest Russian communique. "During Monday our troops engaged the enemy in stubborn fighting along the whole front. According to more precise data not 98 but 11.1 German planes were destroy-d on Friday. During Sunday 170 German plane., were destroyed. Out of the--- 37 were shot down in aerial combat and 113 on aerodromes. We lost 28 planes. "According to more precise data, not one cruiser and one destroyer were sunk by thr joint action of coastal batteries and ships of the R< 1 Fleet, as was reported, but one cruiser and two destroyers. '— E.OAV.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 231, 1 October 1941, Page 5
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