BOMBERS OVER ROME
DOGFIGHTS WITH GERMANS LONDON, Jan. 13 Allied bombers strongly escorted by fighters attacked Rome at noon today, says the Rome radio. Numerous bombs were dropped in the city and suburbs Allied planes flew over Vatican City. The German news agency says the enemy bomber formations which flew over Rome consisted of 90 planes. There was certain unrest among the population when the low-flying formations appeared. Anti-aircraft guns outside the city went into action and German fighters took off. A series of dogfights was fought over Rome at between 6000 ft. and 25.000 ft. A heavy bomb fell about 220 yards from the boundary of Vatican City, but it failed to explode.
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Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22246, 15 January 1944, Page 5
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