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Axis Loses Six Planes Per Allied Four Engine Bomber
Washington reports intensified air combat with the Axis losing six planes for every American four engined bomber shot down over Europe. The War Department lists 18 heavy bombardment missions against Germany since January and 1,600 England-based daylight sorties by four engined bombers. 106 American planes were lost, 571 German aircraft shot down, 187 more likely destroyed, and 231 damaged in combat as Major General Ira C. Eaker leads the U S air command through key strikes on Wilhelmshaven Emden Hamm Kiel Vegesack Focke Wulf Fiensburg and Wilhelmshaven successes across multiple dates.
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