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Show SOMBER CREWS FACE PERILS I It is undoubtedly true that the German Air Force is unable to successfully oppose our aerial operations op-erations including the bombing of Germany. While this is a correct picture of the over-all situation, one should not conclude that our aviators meet no opposition. Recently, Lieut. Edward Witty of Ohio, who paraiticpated in a vicious battle over Leipzig, told of the worst forty seconds he ever spent in his whole life in which his B-17 squadron was ripped to bits by a suicidal attack of German Ger-man fighter planes, which shot down six of eleven American bombers. While comparison of German re sistance to air attacks today witl that of a year ago reveals th I dwindling power of the Luftwaffe the bomber crews go on no pleas ure jaunts when they head ove: the Reich. While some of thi squadrons get through with littl opposition, others encounter plen j ty of peril. |
