Evening star., 1943-11-27
Reds Deal NewB|ow to Germans:
F|anking Zh|obin> Above Gome|;
Berlin. Blasted in Third Big Raid
Stuttgart Also Hit;
Record Bomb Load
Dropped on Reich
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-The RAF's
heavy armadas struck Berlin
the greatest of all German tar.
gets, a third great blow in five
nights with heavy burdens o!
explosives and incendiaries las1
night in the campaign to rub il
from Adolf Hitler's Reich.
The big raid was accompanied BY
simultaneous attack on the majol
industrial center of Stuttgart, 10'
miles to the southwest of the Ger.
man capital.
The two-ply blow split German de-
fenses, but nevertheless enem,
fighters were more effective in stem
ming the waves of attacking aircraf
and the Air Ministry announced
that 80 bombers had failed to return
from the twin operation.
This compared with the loss of q
bombers on the first night of tn,
campaign and 20 on the second.
24-Hour Record Set.
The operation brought new "a
hour record in the deluge of bomb!
on the enemy's vital centers.
With Thursday nights RAF at.
tack on Frankfurt -Am-Main and &
record blow at the North Sea port o1
Bremen yesterday, the total tonnage
probably was considerably over thu
1000 peak of November when tn.
United States Air Force bombee
Wilhelmshaven and Norther
France and the RAF hit Duessel.
dorf.
The greatest force of Flying Fort.
resses and Liberators ever employed
flew against Bremen and with theil
escorts totaled nearly 1000 planes
They lost 80 of their number, 20 o.
them large bombers, and destroyed
56 German defending aircraft.
Fires Still Blazing.
Fires from previous night assault,
were still blazing in Berlin as thu
hundreds of heavy bombers roaret
over, returning pilots reported, ant
the Air Ministry said the nev
bombing was concentrated ans
most effective" with the weathe
good for spotting the targets.
(Strict German censorship
prevented neutral correspond
ents from reporting today any
yitaI hon, hiro Iotoi1e ;,> tho eix,@l,
day of the aerial battle of Ber-
lin"
dispatches from the German
capital were confined to the off,
cial communique except for the
additional mention OF wild
fight" over the city last night
by Raj bombers and Nazi
planes)
The worlds nost-bombed cit,
now probably has received a LOAF
Of about $4,000 tons Of bombs thi
year, compared with the 10,00t
which flattened Hamburg.
Even before last nights delug'
Berlin was Is to 80 per cent wipee
out. according to an unidentified
military expert just arrived ir
Sweden from the Reich.
At Stuttgart, one of Germany
major centers of airplane, submarine
engine, tank and truck production
and an important rail hub on the
route to Italy, large fires were light.
ed, particularly around the railroad
yards, the Air Ministry said.
The city was bombed by the
Fortresses on September Is and by
the Raj on october 7 in a joint
attack with Friedrichshaven Last
night was Stuttgart's 18th raid o1
the war.
The very great force" which
raided Berlin and Stuttgart went
out in three contingents which
thundered over the coast for As min
utes. Some of the bombers started
before dark.
Two Planes Raid London Area.
Soon afterWard the Germans. ir
their second successive night raid or
England, succeeded in getting two
planes through to the London area
A few bombs fell and several person!
were killed.
The record American operation
yesterday probably involved TOO o.
more Fortresses and Liberators. II
their previous peak on November
these heavy bombers, which carr,
about three tons apiece, dropped
something under 1000 tons o
bombs.
Their loss of 90 was the heavies
since the record so lost in tn
Schweinfurt attack on October /
and was nearly double the IS which
were lost on a Bremen raid on No
vember 49,
Last nights raid was the 10Th thi
month, month that probably ha
seen a record weight of bomb
dropped on the enemy. In the pre-
vious peak month of August ther,
were % raids, but the weight O
bombs probably was lower.
A Flying Fortress pilot who tool
part in yesterdays mission said tha
Germany for the first time is be
ginning to look defenseless agains
daylight attacks. I'm the last 81,
months things have changed plenty,
he declared.
The inability of the Nazis t,
stretch their thinned out> fighter
defenSeS to cover Simultaneo,l!
blows against Berlin and other tar.
gets was brought into bold relic.
Thursday night when waves of RAJ
heavy bombers pounded Frankfurt
(See RAIDS, Page A-6.)
McNory Recovering