The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Seven Planes Reported Missing After Latest Aerial BOfnbardment SEVEN NATIONS ENGAGE IN TERRIFIC ATTACKS
 - 65 New Secret English Mos quito Bombers PartiCi-
 pate in Raids
BY JOSEPH W. GREGG

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent:
 London, October 3.-UPl - British bombers left a trail of fire through the German Rhineland during the night in a raid which brought into it's second day a nonstop United Nations aerial offen- sive. An air ministry com munique, reporting that a strong force of the great planes of the bomber command were engaged, said many fires were lefs burning in the heart of war indus trial Germany.
 Seven planes were missing. x
 Germany, giving the first reporS of the night raid, admitted damage to residential quarters" but as- serted that numerous planes wer0 shot down.
 Seven Nations Participate
 The great four-motored Royal Air Force planes of the night shift took over from planes of seven nations which left in yesterdays daylight Q big area of northwestern Franco dotted with the ruin of war factories and the twisted wreckage of enemy. planes.
 Eighty bombers, Boeing Flying Fortresses, and Douglas A-20 attack bombers of the United States Army Air Force and the new secret Mos- quito bombers of the RAF carried out the daylight raids which set up a new record for daylight activities by the army.
 British, America, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish, Norwegian and Bel gian squadrons were included in the 400 Allied fighter planes which swept an area 16O miles long and 50 miles! deep.
 13 Nazis Shot Down
 The intrepid Fortresses shot down themselves 13 German Focke Wu1ff- 29O fighters which attacked them, former members of the RAT Eagle squadrons now in the army air force shot down four and Polish ace shot down another for a total of l6 against a loss of six Allied planess the pilot of one of which was safe.
 It was the second operational flight of the new British Mosquitoes the new Allied answer to the air- mans dream of 8 bomber plane fast enough and tough enough to strik8 deep into enemy territory by broad daylight and outrun pursuing enemy fighter planes to get home. Still on the very-Secret list, ths two-motored Mosquitos in their first flight last Saturday bombed thG Oslo headquarters of the German ! Gestapo, from an altitude of 100 , feet, broke up a Norwegian Nazi
 meeting and sent the arch traitor Vidkun Quisling leading the racs
 for shelter.
 Dominate Air The allied planes were in cOnl- plete command of the air. Not single German plane was reported over all Britain during the night A joint communique Of the ail ministry and the army reported on yesterdays daylight raids: g Strong bomber formations Of tn : United States Air Force attacked e targets in northern France Friday ! afternoon. Many SquadronS q l Royal Air Force, United States Al a Force, dominion and allied fighterl ,, carried out supporting operattoni r and escorted bombers.
 "Fortresses bombed the air franl' il factory at Meaulte and the air flels
 at St. Omer and Bostons attackes
 the docks at Le Havre. No bomber n are missing.
 c Eighteen enemy aircraft wefl 2 destroyed, l3 of them by fortres . crews.
 . "Six escorting fighters are miss . ing but the pilot of one is safe" l" V The air ministry said in g sepa Ie (Continued on Pare 2l