MASS AIR-RAID ATTEMPT
GERMANS FAIL AT MURMANSK Rugby, April 21. Striking evidence of the Russian air superiority is given in a Kuibyshev message describing a German attempt to make a mass raid on Murmansk. The Russians brought down 15 of the raiding planes and damaged 12 more of 50 planes which took part. Only one enemy plane managed to break through and drop bombs. No damage was done to military objectives. Several Russian planes were damaged, but none were brought down. A supplementary communique states: "In one sector of the central front our troops occupied an important! key defence position. The enemy threw reserves into th battle. “During the last two days 1300 German troops have been killed in this sector. We captured booty, including 19 guns. 99 machine-guns, 80,000 rounds of ammunition, and a great number of rifles.”—B.O.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 94, 23 April 1942, Page 5
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