BIG ITALIAN TRANSPORT SUNK BY U.S. PILOTS
Reed. 1.1 p.m. Washington. Aug. 31. Two American fighter-bombers recently sank a 50,000-ton transport of the Conte di Savoia class anchored near Bagnara, south-western Italy, it was announced by the War Department. The pilots reported two direct hits and said the whole ship lurched and the stern sank. The vessel shook itself and rose to thp surface, but reconnaissance next day showed that the shin sank. Another formation of invaders scored a direct it. on an Italian cruiser off the south-west coast of Italy.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 207, 2 September 1943, Page 5
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