The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-08

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 The heaviest previous night bomb- Ing loss for the RAF was 20 bomb CTS, lost Sept. 2, also in Q wide- scale attack over Germany.
 Renew Attacks Today
 Today the RAF was back ct 1t again, sending Q strong striking force Of Spitfires and Hurricanes across the Channel, coast observers said. The planes crossed over in brilliant sunshine ct an. elevation of c few thousand feet, Their course appeared to be set for Naples and as fir south aS Dleppe.
 It was recalled that the Russians claimed 47 German planes were shot down In a night attack on Moscow October 20, figure ex- ceeding the British losses.
 Britons were aStounted by the fact that admitted British plane iesses exceeded the German claims but they regarded the Air Minis trys statement aS telling us the worst, however bad"
 Officials regarded the losses aS lone of the fortunes of war - one of the bad nights the British must expect"
 2T Planes D0wned
 Berlin, November s-(UP) - The German high command said today that 27 British bombers were brought down In the British night attack upon Berlin and other Ger man objectives.
 Tho spokesman said seven per- sons were killed ard 32 injured in Berlin.
 The German radio reported that the total of British planes down over Reich territory since Nov. l has risen to 43 as Q result Of lost nights raid.
 (London reported that the RAF carried out m attack on Berlin and targets in the Rhineland. II was the first British attack on Berlin since the night of Sept. 20- 2i. London reported. British planes also attacked northern France probably NaA airdromes around Boulogne. Considerable scattered /, German air activity over Britain was admitted during the night.
 Last Alarm Oct. l
 The last air raid alarm here was on Oct i.
 The official communique said that according to reports thus far six British bombers were shot down in the course of the attacks.
 (The German radio, heard by the United Press listening post, In London, said 10 British planes were shot down in last nights raid
 (The radio admitted that ciVil- lans were killed and injured9
 The military spokesman said the British losses last night "corBti- tuted 6 nigh percentage" of the total raiders sent over Germany but would not state what the ace tual percentage might be.
 He said 1t was possible. Q number of other British bomberB failed to reach their bases due to stormy weather and headwlndS which might have forced some down In the channel.
 However, he claimed the Luft- waffe carried out night operations against Hull, Sunderland. Great Yarmouth ard Dover without any loss of planes.
 BFlndIsl Under Fire
 Rome, November 0-(UP)-Tho Italian eomnunique reported today that British planes had carried out Q prolonged attack upon Brin- disi, dropping hundreds of bombs and killing 70 persons and wound- ing 90.
 The communlque said the attack caused "grave damage" to resIdcn- tlal dwellings but said the populacc remained calm despite the severity of the raid.
 Among the ruins of the houses which were destroyed" said the communique, "have been found and Identified 60 dead and SC wounded"
 Other Attacks
 The comnunique said that the British carried out other air at. tacks on southern Italy and Sicily At deia, Sicily, the toll was tbret dead and two wounded. Tn tfs other raids no victiTliS were re- ported.
 TWO British planes were reported shot down.