The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08
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days the proportion several times has been against the British.
 That might mean Hitler has re- called some of his air force from Russia to protect his western hold ings. He may have inflicted such losses on the Soviet air fleet that he could afford to do 50. Still, it would tend to weaken his strik- ing power against Russia, because Soviet planes apparently still are in the air. At the start the Soviet air force, while not as efficient as the German, probably was nu- mericaily as great, or almost as great.
 Hitler Needs Air Force
 In Hitler's form of lightning war, a preponderantly superior air force Is needed to blast the way for his advancing Panzer divisions, and to protect them.
 The Iceland occupation bears on the future land clash between Bri- tain and Germany in several ways. It is expected to ultimately release about 80O00 empire troops for sfer- vice in England. CThe fact that 1t is reported they are to be withdrawn gradually indicates no immediate plans for an expedition to the con. tinent.)
 It frees important units of the British navy for duty closer home. It also should provide better pro- tection of the sea lanes over which the sinews of war must flow from the United States.
 British Planes Hit Again
 London, July 8.-(UP)-British planes made big sweep over oc- cupied France today after spread ing destruction during the night over a wide area of industrial Ger many. They rained bombs on eight important German towns, and bombed key targets on the Neither lands, Belgian and French invasion coasts.
 Big formations of British coastal command planes passed over the Dover strait at the breakfast hour to raid German airdromes and to bomb an important synthetic oil plant between Lens and Bethune, in occupied France up near the Belgian border.
 Waves of bornbers and fighters swept across the English Channel hour after hour this morning and observers on the coast said 1t was the biggest early morning daylight sweep of the war.
 The attacks on the invasion coast actually started during the night and ran nonstop into the day. A terrific two-minute explosion, heard on the English side of the channel at about 4 a. nl., appeared to indi- cate a munitions dump had been blown up.
 Inhabitants on the English south coast were kept awake throughout the night by a continuous roar of explosions from the direction of Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne and points inland in north France. Observers saw one particularly large fire on the French coast.
 The air ministry asserted that British fighters shot down seven German fighters and admitted the loss of five British fighters and one bombing plane.
 It was admitted that nine bomb- CTS were lost in the unusually heavy and unusually successful raid on Germany and occupied territory dur. ing the night.
 War Industries Bombed
 Cologne, Osnabrueck, Muenchen. Gladbach, Frank-An-Main, Muen. ster, Dusseldorf, Duisberg and Kre- field, all important to German war industry were the targets. The bomber command planes also raided Den Fielder, the big Netherlands naval base, Amsterdam, Ostend. sub. marine base on the Belgian coast, and Dunkirk and Boulogne, on the French invasion coast.
 It was indicated that the force of planes engaged was unusually large and that damage was un- usually extensive.
 Large numbers of aircraft of the bomber command invaded west. ern Germany last night" the air ministry said in a conmunique.
 "The main objectives were Col ogne Osnabrueck, Muenchen, Glad bach, Frankfort-Am-NTain and Muenster.
 Tn each city a large force did widespread damage. Weather fay- ored the attack, which was highly successful. Great fires were left burning. Factory buildings and warehouses were seen to to collapse and important railway junctions were repeatedly hit" Russian Fc