Roosevelt Standard | 1944-06-08 | Page 3 | Deeper Daylight Bombing Against Axis

Deeper Daylight Bombing Against Axis uu FRANCE J7 f -RKy ;; With U. S. engineers adding greater flying range to our pursuit planes, there will be more effective bombing of enemy soil. For, while escort fighters parry the blows of Nazi rocket planes, our bombers can move to their targets unhampered. Our Eighth air force in England held the upper hand in daylight precision bombing until new Nazi tactics resulted In heavy losses, pushing back our daylight bombing front to a point only 400 miles from England, as shown by the arc. This was the range of our escort planes. The British, whose specialty is night bombing, have been able to make deeper penetrations into the blackened area because of the protection of moonless nights.