Explaining the reasons for failure of the German to break R.A.F. Success in Russia Reported London, Sept. 24.
Royal Air Force planes, piloted by British aviators, have destroyed seven. Messer-schmidt 109's and themselves have lost but one plane, whose pilot was killed, the Air Ministry officially announced today. "Reports have been received of the first operation carried out by the RAF. now in the U.SS.R. A number of patrols have been flown in bad weather. There have been successful encounters" the communique added. A "In the first engagement, one the foremost sup! kings Ninth War
Suh and 4h Arm headquarters ihe over a 60-mile front. divisions had been totally destroyed Rams! includes officers and men of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand."—United Press. that they had come from the Leningrad sector. The Russians were now some 25 miles from Smolensk, the general revealed.
He was very emphatic concerning the great superiority, especial quality, of the Russian artillery. he said, was the master of the Whereas the, diffuseness nae curacy of German was suspi ing. The Germans main losses in iis sector, totalling tens of thous. At resent, the Russian air force also eld superiority on this front and 20 enemy planes were avoiding air battles.
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