The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

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 As the big planes blasted iNdus- trial and other military objectives of Germany, bombers of the coastal command rained bombs on the Bou- logne Calais area of the French invasion country in the early morn- ing hours.
 The Berliners and hundreds of thousands of other Germans who spend the night in air raid shelters had spent Sunday night, second arl- niversary of Germany's attack on Poland in them, too. The Russians raided Berlin Sunday night.
 First reports of the air ministry reported considerable damage" in the Berlin raid.
 While the British air force was bombing Germany during the night only a few German planes came to Britain, bombing mostly coastal areas of eastern England.
 Anti-aircraft guns bla7ed in one London area when planes flew over, but they dropped no bombs and it was believed they were reconnoit- ering.
 British bombing and fighter planes had maintained shuttle service over the Channel from dawn to dusk yesterday in a series of big sweeps of the invasion country and a single American built flying fort ress, one of the type which had beaten of an attack by seven Ger man fighter planes and survived to tell of 1t, had bombed Bremen, Ger many,s second port, from the sub- stratosphere.
 Clear To Norwegian Coast Coastal command Beaufort tor pedo planes had ranged as far as the .orwegian coast, where they had hit a big supply ship in @ con- voy and an escort vessel. Pilots re- ported the supply ship ablaze and the escort vessel sinking as they flew honeward.
 The air ministry had told of the fight in which seven German planes had given a flying fortress everything they had and had failed to down it.
 The giant plane had been bomb. ing German warships at Brest wher the Germans had attacked, It hac lost the rest of the planes in its for. nation.
 For 20 minutes the seven German planes had attacked the Royal Ali Force plane, until 1t had reached low cloud formation and had made for home, black smoke pouring from it.
 It had landed at the nearest Eng fish airdrome. Some of its crew la! dead in 1t; most of the rest were wounded. Its tail flaps had beer shot away. Its bomb doors had beer shot so they would not close.
 It's tail wheels had stuck half wa! up. Its brakes were not working. I had only one good aileron and 1t rudder was almost uncomfortable Between the pilots cabin and tn tail of the plane was tangled mas of wires, cables and guide rope which had been shot away.
 The air ministry, in 8 review, wa able to claim today that since tn start of the war British fighte planes and guns had destroye, 4,5OO German planes over Britain In defense, 1,4OO British fighte planes had been lost but pilots o more than 450 of them had lived.
 Germany Tells Story
 Berlin, Sept. 3.-(UP)-Building shook and windows rattled durin the night under the blasting of anti aircraft guns firing at British plane raiding the capital area. Other Brit ish formations bombed areas i northern. central and southwestern Germany.
 Motors of the big British crai could be heard over the city abov the terrific din of the gunfire.
 Searchlghts flashed across tn sky and at least one caught Brit ish plane in its beams.
 It was Berlin's second air raj alarm in three nights. But wherea on Sunday night, when Russia planes approached the capital ares there was no gunfire and the al raid alarm and the "ali clear" alon marked the raid. this time, theF was terrific fire.
 The word, concentrated" used [ describe the fire in the formal com munique, was well chosen.
 sIt was strongly indicated tha the raids on Germany might prov tho greatest Of the entire war. an that the raid on Berlin was . heav one.
 Correspondents in Germany or rlgldly restricted, to the sense ( 0lglelaI statements and eommunlque
 (Though it was implied tha British planes did all the raid ais it WAs indicated that Russian plane were active et least over easter Germany,
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