Evening star., 1942-08-30
Flying Fortresses Raid
Airdrome in Belgium
Without Losses
Raj Hits Ostend and Lille
After Night Attacks on
Nuremberg and Soar
BY IVES GALLAGHER,

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BY IVES GALLAGHER,
Associated Press War Correspondent
LONDON, Aug. 29.-American
Flying Fortresses made theil
seventh raid on the Nazi-helo
continent today without suffer
ing loss, following up the RAF's
night attack with hundreds of
bombers on Nuremberg, carnival
city OF Nazidom, and Saar-
bruecken, sprawling industrial
and railroad center.
The American bombardiers, &C
companied by fighters, loosed their
loads over the German airdrome at
Wevelghem, near Courtrai, Belgium.
The raid was accompanied by di-
versionary sweeps of American
fighters, and all planes returned
safely from the full operation.
The British also were active today
making sharp attacks on Ostend and
Lille. The RAF lost 80 bombers last
night, and two bombers and fighter
failed to return today-but the
damage to Hitler's war potential
was considered liberal dividend for
the expenditures.
Nuremberg and Saarbruecken both
have major war industries. When
the raiders left, their big black
wings were lighted by big fires at
both cities. The daylight attacks
were on docks at Ostend and power
stations in the Lille-Lens area.
One station at Confines, north
east Of Lille, was bombed from a
very low level, an Air Ministry COM
munique said.
Nuremberg is specially dear to
Hitler, for he staged his Nazi party
spectacles there in years of peace.
The bombing force Of 300 to 600
planes centered its heaviest attack
on that city, but the Air Ministry
said the attack on Saarbruecken
was hardly less strong"
Nuremberg had been bombed three
times previously, but the latest blow
undoubtedly was the hardest. The
last raid there was October IL, 1941.
Saarbruecken was attacked twice
before, the last time on July 10 this
year.
The Air Ministry said the bomb
ers over Nuremberg used the sat
uration" technique on such targets
as the engineering works, a loco
motive plant, the Nan tank factory,
the Siemen-Schuckert electrical
plant and the aluminium mills which
turn out pistons and castings.
The four -motored planes travelled
500 miles into the heart of South
ern Germany to attack.
The Saarbruecken raid was di-
rected against the railway system,
which is the pivotal point for the
western trunk lines, as well as the
war plants.
The pattern of the r. A. F. and
U. s. Air Forces bombings appeared
in sharper relief than ever: The
offensive is aimed at Hitler's trans
port system, his air force and his
submarine-building centers.
Continuous blows have been aimed
at the German railways and water
ways from the invasion coast to the
heart of the Reich for the last
month. The crippling of the Ger
man railway system is a great step
In opening second front as well as
direct aid to Russia by interrupting
the flow Of supplies to the Eastern
front.
The Nazis depend on their heavily
taxed railroads to carry the bulk of
their troops across Europe to meet
any invasion threat.
Before today United States Flying
Fortresses have been landing day
light precision blows to the rail
network feeding the invasion coast
with raids on switching yards at
Rouen and Amiens and at sea
transport at Rotterdam and Letrait.
The RATS big night flights have
been striking at the rail heads and
locomotive works within Germany.
The Flying Fortresses also have
raided Abbeville and Meaulte,
France. Further, they have fought
German Focke-Wulf 1905 over the
North Sea, emerging with damage
to two planes. but none shot down
in that heavy engagement.
The list of the RATS big night
targets in August shows the blows
aimed at transport.
These include Dusseldorf, a COM
munications center and home of the
heavy steel industry necessary for
railroads and ships; Mainz, rail
center and river port; Duisberg, one
of Europe's biggest rail centers;
Frankfurt, a rail junction and mo-
tor vehicle manufacturing city;
Osnabrueck, rail center, and Kas-
BEL, home of the biggest locomotive
works in Europe.