LUFTWAFFE TACTICS
VAIN EFFORTS AGAINST U.S. BOMBERS Recd. 8.30 p.m. London. Aug. 23. “The Luftwaffe is using two new methods in a vain effort to stop United States bombers systematically destroying their factories,” says the Daily Express aviation writer. “Firstly, they have used rebuilt Flying Fortresses shot down in previous raids in attempts to fly alongside American-manned Fortresses during daylight attacks. These spy-planes observe the manoeuvres of the United States bombers and endeavour to report them to the ground defences. But the American crews easily recognise these ’phoney Forts’ and always drive them off. It is estimated the Germans have salvaged not more than 40 or 50 Fortresses, which have a method of self-destruction that reduces them to useless wreckage. “A second Luftwaffe tactic is to use large twin-engined planes firing rockets. These are reported to have been met by Fortresses raiding Regenburg last week.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 200, 25 August 1943, Page 5
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