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1943
1943 - 1015.PDF
APRIL 22ND, I943 FLIGHT 409 TRAILS IN THE MAKING Separate condensation trails coming from the four engines of a U.S. Eighth Army Air Force Fortress at 22,000ft. Reaction to Bombing in Italy : Closing in Round Rommel : Spezia Raided : Australia's "Bomber Line** A N officer of the Fleet Air Arm r\ who has been a prisoner of war •*- •*• in the hands of the Italians since July, 1940, and has recently been ex- changed, has said in an interview that he believed the dominant feeling in Italy was a longing that the war should end, regardless of which side won, while the peasants, who are not affected by the R.A.F. raids on in- dustrial cities, are inclined to take the point of view that if these raids bring the end of the war nearer, so much the better ; let the R.A.F. get on with the job and more power to their elbow! The people of Naples probably con- cur fairly heartily with the first of these sentiments, but hardly with the second. Their harbour and the country round about have been raided with considerable regularity for some time past, mainly by Ameri- can bombers from the Middle East, but also from Northern Africa. Since Taranto, Naples has been the main base of the Italian Navy, and is also a base for the supply of war material to Tunisia. In consequence, it is suffering as Portsmouth has suffered. The harbours of Sicily have likewise been hammered. Whatever may be thought of the inferiority of Italian soldiers to Ger- mans and to British, one must pay tribute to the Italian sailors who take the supply ships across from Italy and Sicily to Africa. They have suffered heavily from Allied aircraft and British submarines, and yet one has heard no rumour of crews refusing to sail. The Western Desert Air Force has gained a unique reputation in many ways, not least for its extraordinary ability to keep pace with the rapidly moving Eighth Army. None the less, when rushing from Gabes to Sfax and ALGERIAN NIGHT : The criss-cross pattern made by A.A. tracer shells during aji enemy raid on Algeria.
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