Nazi robot plane photographed over England, London, June 20-Anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter-pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot-p(...)

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Nazi robot plane photographed over England, London, June 20-Anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter-pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot-p(...)

Date6/20/1944

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Nazi robot plane photographed over England; London; June 20-Anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter-pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot-planes out of the sky overnight; and the Allies now appeared to be getting the range of this new weapon on the sixth day of the buzz-bomb blitz. Air ministry statements and eye-witness accounts revealed that the robot fleets were being decimated as they

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World War, 1939-1945

Bombing, aerial

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019230F

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