Nazi fliers in Russia transferred to Sicily
Allied HQ, North Africa (UP) –
The Allies announced today that German airmen from the Russian front have entered the Battle of Sicily, some of them evidently shifted while the summer campaigning there was getting underway.
A joint statement of the U.S. Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force disclosed the presence in Sicily of Nazi airmen whose transfer must have weakened Germany. The statement recalled repeated statements by Allied leaders of intentions to ease the German pressure on Russia.
Notebooks and dictionaries brought from Russia were found in a German Air Force officers’ mess at the Comiso Airfield, Sicily, the announcement said.