Show Yanks Destroy 70 German Planes in 2 Days LONDON April 8 UP Amen RI-Amen- Ameri American can gunners destroyed 70 German aircraft in Sundays Sunday's d daylight bombing of the Renault works near Paris and Mondays Monday's raid on the Erla Aero engine works at Antwerp it was announced officially officially daIly Thursday seven Forty-seven German planes were shot down in the Renault raid most of them from Hermann Goering's crack squadrons squad squad- rons of yellow-nosed yellow Wulf Focke-Wulf fighters the Eighth United States army air force headquarters said The following day attacking the Erla works at Antwerp the American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean bombers destroyed 23 German fighters Escorting R RAF A F allied and dominion dominion dominion do do- minion fighters shot down a total of 10 more challenging fighters in both raids pushing the over-all over figure to 80 I Eight bombers and eight allied fighters failed to return from the missions Four bombers and seven fighters were lost on the Renault raid four bombers and one fighter over Antwerp In both raids German fighters met the bombers and their escorts as they approached the European coast followed them to their objectives objectives objectives ob ob- ob- ob and then pursued them back to the coast darting in for attacks whenever possible |