The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
~ WILLIAM D. DICKINSON

London, April . --(UP)-- Btrong
squadrons OF Allied aiTplanes, ap.
pRrently including Flying FortreBses,
swarmed across the English Channel
In daylight again today In q re-
newal OF the offensive that battered
the Paris industrial suburbs and the
big Kiel naval base over the week.
end.
The bomber squadrons sighted
over FolkeBtone today were flying
toward France at an altitude OF
about 10000 feet, with q strong
fighter escort, suggesting another
big.scale raid on targets In France
or western Germany,
British fighters meanwhile drove
German planes from the vicinity Of
two south coast English towns, A
heavy explosion shook the Dover
coast area following another warn.
Ing that NaEl big guns on the French
side OF the channel were renewing
their Smelling In an artillery duel
that had been IN progress inteFmit-
tently since midnight
Only q few hours after 90 Flying
Fortresses bombed the Renault Aus
tomotive and Arms Works In a Paris
suburb yesterday, the British ar
mazda Of night raiders cRscaded ton
after ton OF demolition and free
bombs on tho shlpbuildlng yards and
naval installations OF klel,
Tho mIniStrys use Of the term I'm
great strength" In describing the
raidinR fleet was taken as an In.
dication that several hundred Of
Britain's biggest bombers PARTED.
patod, However, II was understood
that the raid was not In the 1000
ton bombload class.
Heavy clouds made full obServa-
ton OF results impossible, but sew.
eral large fires were seen In the tar
get area" the Air Ministry com.
munique said.
Twelve planes were lost,
II was tho list raid OF the war
OH Kicl, which last was attacked the
night OF October 10, 1919
The attack was another blow at
dermany's submarine campaign,
which Allied authorities have acs
knowledged Is hamperlng the mass.
Ing OF strength for the opening OF
n second front In Europe, Kiel u
probably the most important center
for tho building and QUILTING Of
U.Boats IN Germany.
The raid carried the resumed
Anglo. American aerial offensive
through It's third night on what
appeared 10 bea crescendlng scale.
II began with q British raid on the
U-Boat bases OF st, NaHalre and
Lorlont on the French Atlantic coast
Friday night, was intensified Satur-
day night with q heavy and con-
eentrated attack on the arms CEN
ter OF Essen In tho Ruhr and was
advanced In daylight yesterday by
British attacks on targets In France
and Holland, and the American raid
on the RenRult Works.
The American raid was one OF the
largest undertaken by British.based
Flying FOrtresseS and from the as
pect Of concentrated destruction OF
q small target area, was probably
the heaviest OF oil,
Several hundred thousand pounds
OF high-exploslve bombs were
dropped over the few acres making
up the Renault works and photo
graphs taken by the bombers indi-
Gated that all missiles fell in the
target area. The photographs
showed fires raging, though clouds
Of smoke hid details.
The Flying Fortresses ran into
swarms OF German fighters, but shot
down at least Is of them with loss
OF only four bombers. Allied fighters
which picked UP the Fortresses over
the French coast destroyed eight
other German planes and lost seven
OF their own aircraft.
The Nazl controlled Paris radio
said at least 100 persons were killed,
several hundred wounded and q
great number" OF dwellings de-
stroyed during the raid, which was
concentrated on the suburb OF Bill
lancourt, site Of the Renault works.
French Chief OF STAFF Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain In q broad
cast over the Vichy radio, protested
this act (. Of aggression 4.
which Is completely unjustifable.
The widespread British daylight
raids yesterday ranged from ship
yards at Rotterdam. Holland. to rail-
road targets and air fields IN north
ern France. In addition, torpedo
planes sank two German ships and
severely damaged third Off Nor
way.
The Hrikisi, Y1Ianea accounted for