RECORD DAY
Bth AIR FORCE SHOOTS DOWN 305 GERMAN PLANES Recd. 5.5 D.m. London. Anri, 11. In addition to the record total of 305 German aircraft destroyed by Sth. Air Force fighters yesterday, bomber gunners shots down 17 aircraft, of which 15 were jet-pronel’.ed planes, and only eight of the ' 850 United States fighters were lost. ' A record of 20 out of 21 enemy planes destroyed in the air by fighters were jet-propelled. This is the Sth. Air Force’s biggest “jet" bag for a single day. In addition to bombing Czech targets. namely bridges, the airfield and railyard at Cheb. fighters and medium bombers of the Sth. Air Force also attacked an oil storage denqt 18 mike south of Magdeburg. Brunswick was also bombed. German troops in the Ruhr pocket and ahead of the Ist. Armv also were attacked Fifteen enemy planer were destroyed in the air and 39 more on the ground. Five fighter-bombers were lost.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 86, 12 April 1945, Page 5
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