The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-19
BRITISH BOMBERS
 DID GREAT FEAT
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French Locomotive Works at Fives- Lille. In that raid, 1l5 bonbers had an escort of 500 fighter planes. Two fortresses and two liberatorS were lost.
 Commentators pointed out that the Lancasters penetrated more deeply into Axis territory than the American planes, but were aided by the surprise element. They met no German fighter opposition, shoot- ing down only two seaplaneS. Some observers believed this might have been because of the heavy fighter loss suffred by the Germans during tn Fives-Lille raid, in which the for- tresses and lberators shot down 48 fighters and claimed many prob ableS.
 The raids were made with differ ent techniQues. The Americans dropped their bombs from high ale titude, while the British hedge-hop- ped to their targets and bombed the Arms Works from as low as 4,000 feet.
 The air ministry hailed the raid as one of the RATS greatest ach- ievements. It said many large fires were observed and large explosion occurred after the attack was start ed.
 The big Lancaster bombers flew across France at tree-top height.
 we took the hedges like 1t was the Grand National" a Sergeant pilot said, except there were no falls.
 q saw a stick of bombs drop right across the works buildings and they just flopped apart. In 8 little while all you could see was smoke with red fires and bombs bursting inside 1t all"
 Pilot Officer John Roberts Mc- Donald, 25, of Victoria, B. c, said the lack of resistance really sur prised us. The Schneider works was nearly devastated. could see bombs bursting right on the target. I saw things flying into the air. When we left, the whole area was a roaring inferno which had been bombed tc bits"
 A few Americans participated 1T the raid. Among them were Joseph Bloonton, 24, an RAF Pilot Officer from Chicago, and RAF Sgt. Joe Mclaughlin of Boston.
 King Christian Hurt
 Stockholm, Oct. 19 - (U.PJ = King Christian X, 72-year- ruler of Denmark, was injured seriously today when thrown from his horse during his morning ride, the Swed- ish Telegraph Agency reported from Copenhagen.
 The king was injured about tho head when he was thrown whilE riding in a Copenhagen street.
 Bleeding profusely, he was taker to Amalienborg Castle, the Roya residence, in an ambulance.
 The dispatch said the king fel heavily.
 Later hospital examination re. yealed no fractures or concussion. The queen. who had been travel ing in Denmark, returned to Copen- hagen.
 An eyewitness said the king ap' peared to have suffered a heavy ] fall. He remained motionleSs unu spectators rushed to his aid.
 The monarch, however, did no' lose consciousness but apparently suffered severe shock. The accident occurred on one o1 ; the city'S main streets in the vicin' 1 iSS Ue teh royal castle. ,l (The German T'ransocean New Agency said in a dispatch iron Copenhagen that the accident hat caused great anxiety in Denmark It added that the king had just re- covered from gall bladder trouble 14OO Blows At Malta
 Cairo, Oct. 19 = (UP0 - Four. teen hundred Axis aerial sortie! , were directed against the Island O Malta last week, during which III . enemy aircraft were shot down by British fighters and anti-aircraft de lenses, it was announced today. The Royal Air Force news servict said the Allied bag over the Medi' terranean Island fortress during las week was one of the greatest of an. week of the war. In payment for thu IA Axis bombers and fighters sho down, the RAF lost only 27 planes . the pilots of IA of which were saved In addition, it said. scores of Axi planes were damaged so badly the.
 probably crashed.
 (Malta dispatches said 10 raider
 were shot down yesterday, bringinI the total to 122)
 A British coinnunique said tn , Axis continued its attacks on tn . island yesterday, using increaseI
 fighter escorts for bombers. The RAF news service had higl . praise for spitfire fighters over Mal . ta.
 , "One spitflre wing this week si1o : down 5i aircraft" 1t said.
 There was no activity on tn Egyptian land fronts yesterday. RAP long range fighters attacke' ] on east bound enemy supply col
 uInn between Sidi Barrani and Sol . luni. 6 coFnmunique announced. Germans Rald England 8 London, Oct. 1e - (UP) = Ger
 man air raiders caused . number Q . casualties and some damage in BaE
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