The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-27
By SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

fleet estimated at 600 or more big bombers pounded the great German port and U-boat center of Hamburg with two-tone block buster" bombs and thousands of incendiaries dur ing the night in an attack which the Germans admitted caused heavy damage.
 The assault, mightieSt since the RATS 1,O00-plane attacks, marked 8 resumption of Britain's annihila- ton offensive. The raiders chose as their targets the great Blohm-Voss shipyards, bombing plane factories, Adolf Hitler's biggest submarine works and a base for the supply of Nazi garrisons along the potential second front in western Europe.
 The German high command acknowledged considerable civilian casualties and numerous buildings destroyed"-a statement regarded by British observers as an admis- sion that both damage and casual ties were extensive.
 The air ministry admitted that 29 bombers were lost in the attack, made in excellent weather. The Ger mans claimed that 37 of the raid CTS were shot down and insisted, as usual, that the British bombs for the most part fell on residential areas.
 The Evenings News said that the raid was the largest since the l,000- plane attacks and that the number of planes involved exceeded any thing the Germans ever sent against Britain. The Nazis frequently used 800 or more planes in the battle of Britain.
 Germany Admits It
 Germany admitted that numerous scattered" fires were started and that high explosive and incendiary bombs did damage to civilian prop erty an dresidential areas"
 Tt must be assumed there were some cascualties," Berlin radio re- ported.
 Last nights raid was the fifth on Hamburg this year. The last pre- vious raid was May 3.
 The British planes including the great stirlings with their eight ton bomb loads including "block busters" calculated to wipe out entire blocks of buildings, smashed at Shipbuild- ing yards and docks, seeking to crip- pie submarine production.
 American Pil0ats In Raid
 Yesterday seven pilots of the Uni- ted States Army Air Corps joined the RAF, flying wing to wing with the British pilots, in a big sweep over northern France. One Amer ican pilott failed to return. It was the second time the army air7nen had gone over to enemy occupied territory with their British con- rades. They made their first attack of the war on German held territory July 4
 American pilots of the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadron also took part in Sunday daylight attacks, attack ing German motor torpedo boat of Calais and bombing 1t into sink ing condition.
 Tn these daylight sweeps, United Nations pilots with Poles playing a star part, shot down nine crack German Focke-W fighters over the Abbeville area of t,se French in- vasion coast at the cost of three planes. The Poles got i've of the nine.
 Reports came from all over Eng land today of the hit-run raids in which some German planes, always one to sector, dived on towns and villages, first dropping bombs, then sweeping over with machine guns splitting.
 The enemy raiders had low clouds for cover, and they took advantage of them to attack at low level.
 Towns in southwest, south and northeast England reported damage by bombs which lone raiders plant ed in peopled districts, and there were numerous casualties, including about 30 fatal ones, up to noon. Some of the enemy crews, how ever. cropped their bombs in tine countryside, and damaged farm buildings and killed livestock. Second Front Slogan
 London, July 27-(UP)-A "yes'' roared loudly over Trafalgar Square from 60,00O throats, replying to a question whether they were ready to endure great hardshipS in order to open a second front.
 The 60,000 massed in the square yesterday to chant pledge to work with might and main" for an immediate second front to relieve pressure on Russia.
 A few hours earlier Labor Minis ter Ernest Bevin, speaking at Ponty- Pool, had warned that those who clamor for a continental invasion are helping Adolf Hitler. The meeting was directed by W Rust. editor of the suppressed Com munist Daily Worker, who said that the demonstration declared tht peoples angry dissatisfaction ovel the present situation and their de- mand that action be taken at once
 Soviet Planes Help | London, July 27-(UP)-Sovie airplanes bombed military and In. dustrial objectives at Koenigsburg industrial capital of East Prussia Saturday night and set five largt fires, Radio Moscow broadcast today
 The Red airmen, all of whom re- turned safely, reported five largI explosions in the center of the cit, and four on the outskirts. Crew over the eastern section of the citS saw s great explosion at Q wal factory. All the fires were spreading repiclly when the Russian plane turned homeward, Radio Moscow said in the broadcast heard here b. the United Press.
 Russian bombeFs have concentFa' ted for a week on Koenigsburg. Al least four raids on the city havt haan annntnnnad-