Evening star., 1943-03-19
American Bombers
Stage Two Attacks
On Naples in Day
Other U. S. Planes BIust
Veeesock, Germon
Sub building City
By he Associated Press.

Air Force attacked Naples twice
yesterday, once during daylight
and again after darkness fell. an
American COmmunique an
nounced today.
Results of both attacks were un-
observed due to solid cloud cove,
over the target the war bulletin
said.
The Italian high command
said. Enemy planes dropped
bombs on the outskirts and on
the neighborhood of Naples and
IN Syracuse Province without
causing casualties'D
Flying without fighter plane escort
on the 800-mile round trip the Amer
ican flyers Tended off nearly flvescore
German fighter planes, laid a heavy
load of explosives on a submarine
construction center. and then fouen.
their way back over the North Sea
with the loss of two bombers, a
communlque said.
Like Shooting Clay Pigeons.
1T was Just like shooting clay
pigeons" remarked 1t. James Devin-
ney Of Atlantic City, bombardier Of
the Susie c. Il don't know how
many we shot at, The Susie @
crew scored possibly five German
victims
Deadly Focke-Wu slower Mes
serschmitt ll0s and some Junkers 88s
were in the attacking force, many of
them bearing the silver and black
paint that marked them as usually
reserved for night fighting.
One bomber crew said a direct hi,
was scored on submarine. In
stallatiOns in the repair yards ano
partly completed U-boats were seer
by the bombardlers.
Staff Sergt. Arthur r. Gresham
a gunner from Los Angeles. placed
the palm Of his hand over an aeriaI
photograph of the target area after
his return from the flight and de-
clared: That's where they landed
all over the place"
LONDON. March 10 (Pl.-Uniteo
States bombers dropped their heavi-
est tonnage Of bombs to date or
Germany in yesterdays raid or
Vegesack, IS miles northwest OF
Bremen, which also esta blished .
number of 'firsts" in the 1874;
American air offensive from this
theater against the enemy's subma :
rine warfare" it was announced to-
day.
A report from the European the
ater Of operations of the United
States Army said photographs
showed the daylight precision bomb
ing was particularly effective" and
that American "firsts" established
were:
/. The deepest penetration into
Germany proper.
2. The largest force of America n
bombers employed to date in the at
tack on Germany.
1t said preliminary reports of en-
emy fighter aircraft DESTROYED by
Flying FortreSses and Liberatols in
running fight which lasted for
upward of two hours indicate the
largest bag of the year"
Figures Not Available.
Oflclal figures, it added. woulc
not be availa bic until scores of in
dlvidual combat reports were as
saved.
1t declared that Vegesack is "one
OF Hltler's largest U-boat manufac-
turing and repairing yards" where
many 500-ton submarines have beer
built.
Veteran creWmen described the
fax and fighter opposition as the
most concentrated and the stiffes,
yet encountered
Photographs of the damage re-
Vealed the European theater report
said that the Vegesack powerhouse
was damaged, if not destroyed. anc
l8 other buildings were DESTROYED OF
heavily damaged
The attack was described as the
fourth 100 per cent raid of recent
days for the group led by Maj James
w Wilson of Bowling Green, Ohio
and again all the planes OF his unit
bombed the target and all returned
safely None was pierced by fax
or antl-alrcraft FIRE"