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...leaf falls." In the eerily lighted sky world, half a thousand Nazi fighters fell on the attackers. Some of the British were sent plunging into the city's streets. An uncounted number of Nazi fighters were shot down. Through lanes of light and showers of red tracers the bomber fleet rolled on, dropping its hundreds of tons of bombs...
...bomber, on a routine training flight, crashed at 4:30 p.m., three miles east of the base. It is believed the entire crew of ten was killed. The plane was completely destroyed by fire. . . . Names of casualties are withheld until next of kin can be notified." So announced Gowan Field, Idaho...
...Inconceivable, Terrible." Germany defended herself with desperation. Searchlights fingered the bomber fleets all the way across the continent. From German cities hundreds of night-fighter planes tried to intercept. Ack-ack fire in Berlin was light, but fighter resistance was savage and concentrated. The British Air Ministry reported that 58 of its bombers were shot down. The air battle over Nürnberg was described as the greatest air night battle of the war. The R.A.F. admitted losing 33 more planes...
...will glance into the near future you can see a very different picture from the one of today. The bombers will dwarf our present Flying Fortresses. They will carry half a carload of bombs across the Atlantic and fly home without stop. The bomber's skin will have numerous 'blisters,' which in reality will be multiple-gun power turrets controllable from sighting stations. Sights that compensate for almost every possible error encountered in firing on a fast-moving aerial target will control the guns-a sight as revolutionary as our present bomb sight...
...planes are whittling at German fighter strength, shooting down more than four planes for every bomber they lose. They are also gnawing at the industrial machine that builds German planes. But so far German fighter production has been rising...