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August 1, 1942

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BRITISH ON SWEEPS; Fighters Battle Nazis in Air as Bombers Hit Abbeville Field ST. MALO DOCKS BLASTED Big Planes Again Over Reich -- German Raiders Set Fires in Midlands Towns AIR TARGETS IN FRANCE BRITISH ON SWEEPS HIT FOE IN FRANCE

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

RAF reptd holding unbroken offensive against Ger centers and communications, western Eur, supply routes, North Sea and bases and rys, Low Countries and France; Boston bombers raid Ger airdrome, Abbeville, St Malo docks and Ger stations, Brittany and Cherbourg Peninsula; map; 11 Ger fighters and 8 Spitfires lost; Gers raid Brit; 2 Amer Eagle pilots down 2 planes, Somme area fight

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Notable Births

Jerry Garcia

1942Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)[†]

Jerome John Garcia was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s. Although he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader of the band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the Grateful Dead.

Giancarlo Giannini

1942Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor.