The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
British Bombers Give
 Berlin Hard Blasting
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gle night, but never before had 50 many planes or such c weight of bombs been used against single German objective.
 An authoritative informant said that the Berlin attack was made by Q very powerful force and that a great number of high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped.
 Good results were seen every where in the bright moonlight" the informant said.
 American Bombers In Action
 While the big bombers were raid. Ing Berlin and other places in Ger many, American made havoc (Douglas DB) night fighter planes were attacking German airdroFlaes all the way from Holland to Britt tany on the French invasion coast throughout the night.
 The great British raids, in which hundreds of bombing and fighter planes were used from the giant four-Iaotored craft down, and in- tenSified German raids on the East coast of Scotland and England, had come one year to the ay after the Germans made their first mass raid on the crowded London dock area.
 Authoritative sources said that hundreds of bombing planes took part in the nights raids and that the greater proportion of them made 6 concentrated attack on Ber- lin. Among them were some of the heaviest bombers, with the heaviest bombs, which the Royal Air Force possesses.
 Fourth Rald on Berlin
 It was the fourth raid on Berlin by British and Russian air forces in eight nights.
 The British planes which raided German airdromes, left . path of fires, the Air Ministry asserted, eS- pecially at Ahbeville and other French airdromes. An all Polish havoc crew started 6 big fire ct Brittany airdrome.
 Watchers along the southeast coast reported a gigantic tire still visible in Boulogne, on the French invasion coast, at mid.morning, l2 hours after the last and biggest of Q series of Sunday sweeps by the Royal Air Force.
 Persons on the coast said the at tack was the greatest they Lad ever seen by the British air force and that the fire from German guns was also the most intensive of the war.
 While the fire was still burning, apparently in the harbor area, Britt ish Fighter planes darted across the Channel this morning to ob- serve 1t and others which had been started in the Sunday raids.
 A year ago today a fleet of Ger man airplanes swept up the Thames to bomb the congested London dockland area in the first of a series of ruthless attacks which continued steadily for two solid months and lasted sporadically throughout the winter.
 This year it was c somewhat different picture.
 Chain of Fires.
 AaOG AASb AAABAlIp do eAAC DlS oIAt~ ish bombing planes made for Ber- lin and Kiel, at the Baltic end of the Kiel canal, observers along the southeast coast saw a chain of an- ery red fires over miles of the Bou- logne area.
 During the week end British planes had ranged as far as Oslo, Norway, in their offensive opera tions and United Press dispatches from Scandinavia said one Amer ican-built flying fortress was shot down. Two members of the crew parachuted to safety, according to these reports. If true, 1t would be the first flying fortress shot down.
 (Rome had an air raid alarm Saturday night and United Press dispatches said the sound of gun fire could be heard. There was no indication os the reason for the alarm but there was no raid.)
 German planes dive bombed a southeast coast town last night and wrecked two inns with direct hits. Numerous homes and shops were damaged.
 A joint communique of the Air and Home Security ministries said of the German raids: