Trainbusting Tales From an RCAF Spitfire Pilot
Ottawa March 10 1940 Pilot Officer L W Powell describes “trainbusting” operations against German targets. He explains deep penetration missions netting locomotives and army transports, emphasis on surprise, avoiding heavy flak, weather hazards, and the dangers of low level flying over enemy coasts.
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L. W. Powell
Royal Canadian Airforce
D. F.C
Ottawa
Fighter Command
England
Laval May Close French Universities to Send Students to Germany
The Fighting French radio from Brazzaville reported Laval, head of the Vichy government, may close all French universities to redirect students to German war factories. OWI monitors aired the broadcast, amid France’s recent disorders over Laval’s pledge to supply 400,000 workers to Germany. A Moscow OWI report noted signs in Germany offering rewards for information on resistance activities.
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Associated Press
Brazzaville
Pierre Laval
Germany
U. S
Office of War Information
France
Laval
Moscow
OWI
Geneva
Berlin radio reports on refugees and Deat assassination attempt
Berlin radio broadcast cited by the Associated Press notes lower rewards for information on refugee hideouts and a higher bounty for capturing and delivering refugees. It also confirms an attempted assassination of pro Nazi leader Marcel Deat in Arbouse, fired on by an unidentified gunman. The transmission denies French disorders and discusses gasoline saving and tire wear as well as a scrap drive plan to use about 140000 tons of reclaimed rubber.
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Associated Press
London
France
Marcel Deat
Berlin
Arbouse
Deat
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