Evening star., 1943-10-10
29 Bombers Lost
After 1,800-MiIe
Round-T Attack
MAP on Page A.
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LONDON, Sunday, Oct. 10.-A
mighty force of American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators, in
perhaps their biggest raid of the
war, made what was officially
described early today as their
deepest penetration into Ger
many yesterday to blast remote
Nazi industrial targets in Pom
erania, East Prussia and Poland,
and shoot down 81 enemy
fighters.
Declaring that good bombing re-
suits were reported" the United
States Army communique announced
the record operation was carried out
with loss of % United States bomb
ers. Preliminary reports showed 81
enemy fighters were destroyed the
communique said
The unescorted bombers fought
many aerial combats with the enemy.
Thunderbolts, which provided with
drawal support, were unopposed,
In addition to the preliminary
estimate of 81 Nazi fighters destroyed
during the 1800-mile round trip, re-
turning airmen said 25 more prob
ably were shot down.
Gdynia and Danzig Targets.
Counting the bag of l42 fighters
knocked down on the Bremen and
Vegesack raids Friday. the big bomb
ers have shot down 233 in the last
two days.
Commenting on the twO-day opcr-
ations by British-based aircraft,
Brig. Gen Fred L. Anderson, bomber
wing commander Of the 9Th Air
Force, said last night that they
must have demonstrated to every
German that no corner Of his father
land is safe from heavy lombard
ment.'
An Air Ministry communicate is
sued early today said that force
of Mosquitoes attacked targets IN
Northern France and Belgium yes
terday afternoon. -Four of the planes
were reported missing.
Targets of the American bombers
were the fugitive German fleets
base at the former Polish port Of
Gdynia, the submarine yards at the
former Free City of Danzig, a large
Focke-W -Wulf components factory at
Anklam in Pomerania and a giant
Focke-Wuf factory in the East
Prussia city of Marienburg, 80 miles
southeast of Danzie.
Direct Support to Red Army.
The Observation-Disclosures, main ra
dio station in the Berlin area, fell
silent last night along with trans
mitters in BreSlau, Germany; Kali
undborg. Denmark. and Bratislava,
Slovakia, indicating that the RAF
night shift was keeping up the
rolling attack now going into its 18th
day.
In their spectacular penetra-
ton American bombers yesterday
dropped their loads approximately
$50 miles from the active front line
in Russia. offering direct support to
the Soviet army on the eastern
front and completing the Allied
aerial wise closing on Germany.
The attack on the plant at Mar
ienburg, which has been assembling
so per cent of GeYmanys fighter
planes, caught the German air force
completely by surprise. The fac
tory had been moved to that city
after being bombed out of Bremen
The Focke- -Wulfs were all lined
up outside the plant ready for de-
livery, but they won't get much
scrap out of them now" said Sec
ond 1t. James l.. Watson. "a, of
BrattlebOro, Vt, Co-pilOt.
Running Battles Fought.
The daylight assault graphically
showed the mounting Allied pres
sure on Germany. Friday night
RAF heavy bombers struck Ham
mover site of big government rub
Der works, and Bremen. still afire
from a ponderous American heavy
bomber attack delivered by daylight
Friday. Swift RAF Mosquitoes also
attacked Berlin for the ninth such
blow since mid-August.
American and British planes yes
terday conducted sweeps on air fields
in Holland and France. Woens-
drecht in Holland and Morlaix in
France were among their targets.
Running air battles were fought
ell the way to the American target
at Anklam and part of the way
back. but the bombing formations
penetrated to their objective Ger
man fighter planes again used their
(See RAIDS, Page A-4D