Evening star., 1943-10-23
Frankfurt, Cologne
Also Are Targets
In Night Assaults
By the Associated Press,

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LONDON, Oct. ga great
force of Raj heavy bombers
fought through many Nazi fight
ers last night to deliver a con-
centrated attack on the German
war and industrial center o1
Kassel in the ninth-and cost
liest-major British raid of the
month.
Forty-four heavy bombers failed
to return from the mission, but the
four-engined planes fought back
stubbornly, shooting down several
fighters.
A smaller force of heavy planes
struck at the same time at Frank
furt, making it the second raid in
18 days on that industrial center
and Mosquitoes rounded out the
nights bombing attack with an as
sault on the Cologne area.
AS the heavy bombers again added
their terrific punches at German in
dustry TO the day and night attacks
that American and RAF lighter
planes have been conducting against
Nazl communications and fighter
fields, German raiders stabbed at
London for the seventh successive
night, dropping few bombs.
Bad Weather Encountered,
Not since an RAF armada hit
Berlin on the last night in August
had British bomber losses been SO
severe. Forty-seven aircraft failed
to return from that raid. The Ber-
lin radio increased the figure of last
nights British losses to 48 shot
down over Southwest Germany.
The lesser attack on Frankfurt
more than 400 miles from Berlin
was the 39th of the war on that big
automotive, rail and rubber center
While the official report mentioned
that bad weather was encountered
during the 400-mile round trip to
kaSsel it said that visibility was
good over the target and that frs,
reports indicated the explosives had
been concentrated, indicating that
the RAF probably had equaled OF
even exceeded the SO tons of bombs
a minute dropped during the last
kassel raid on October 10.
The attack on Kassel was the fifth
heavy battering of that German city
Of 100000 in six months. Canadian
bombers participated, carrying the
heaviest weight of bombs to date by
that branch of the RAF.
Nazis Admit Frankfurt Damage.
Kassel, which is 100 miles north
east Of Cologne, is one of Ger
many's key aircraft towns and also
the site of the Henschel Locomotive
Works, largest of it's kind in Europe
The city has a big assembly works
for Messerschmitt 109s.
The Berlin radio admitted damage
was caused at Frankfurt.
Almost every type Of daylight
craft, except Fortresses and Lib.
orators, went back and forth across
the Channel yesterday in a speeded
up aerial offensive led by American
Marauders which blasted the Naz
alrdrome at Evreux Fauville. neal
Paris, and returned without mishap
Repeating their assaults on Brit.
ain, the Nazis sent a small number
OF planes across the Kent and Sus-
sex coasts and a few of then
reached the London area last night
Bombs were dropped in East Anglia
and In two sections of the Londor
area. A small number of casualties
were reported.
The Marauders flew all the way
to France and back without en-
countering one enemy plane, but a
group of Spitfires on patrol sweeps
over occupied countries hit sizable
group of German fighters and shot
down eight of them against one loss
Six Boston bombers failed to re-
turn from an attack against a tar
get in the Low Countries. The only
other loss for the day was a Ty-
plloon bomber.