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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Allied bombers, including Flying Fortresses and Mitchells, wrecked four major German airfields near Rome and struck Perugia, destroying eight Luftwaffe fighters without loss. 5th Army troops advanced toward Cassino amid German resistance. (187 characters)
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Jan. 14 (UP) -Strong American bombing fleets, striking at the heart of the Luftwaffe's fighting strength in Italy, wrecked four major airfields in the suburbs of Rome as American and French 5th army troops battered down savage German resistance on the approaches to Cassino, it was announced Friday.
Spearheading a series of wide-ranging assaults against German air bases and communications centers throughout central Italy and the Jugoslav coast Thursday, large formations of Flying Fortresses, Mitchells and Marauders hammered at the chain of airfields south of Rome with high explosives and fragmentation bombs.
Forty German fighters rose to intercept the raiders, but the fortress gunners sent three down in flames, and their Lightning escorts destroyed five more in a series of dogfights.
Not a single heavy bomber was lost in the attack.
A force of Mitchell raiders hit many Nazi fighters parked around the fields.
The attack was "a heavy blow at the heart of the Luftwaffe, fighter strength in Italy."
American Liberator bombers struck 80 miles north of Rome at another major German airfield in Perugia, but heavy weather prevented accurate observation of the results.
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Italy
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Thursday
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forty german fighters rose to intercept; three downed by fortress gunners, five more by lightning escorts; no heavy bombers lost; mitchell raiders hit parked nazi fighters; heavy blow to luftwaffe fighter strength; results at perugia unobserved due to weather
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Strong American bombing fleets wrecked four major airfields in Rome suburbs; large formations of Flying Fortresses, Mitchells, and Marauders hammered airfields south of Rome with high explosives and fragmentation bombs; American and French 5th army troops battered German resistance on approaches to Cassino; spearheading assaults against German air bases and communications in central Italy and Jugoslav coast; American Liberator bombers struck airfield in Perugia 80 miles north of Rome