The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-30
BRITISH RENEW
BERLIN ATTACK
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"As the attack developed, the
flames spread and formed a large
crescent of fire which continued to
grow all the time we were over the
city," one pilot said.
The airmen agreed that the Ber-
lin defenses had been strengthened
considerably since Saturday night.
Besides heavy anti-aircraft fire and
large clusters Of searchlights, Ger
man night fighters were active, and
many skirmishes were fought. One
Junkers SO was shot down over Der.
lin itself.
Smaller, but still substantial for
nations were blasting at the same
time the industrial city Of Bochum
and other points In Germany's
Ruhr valley with loss Of IL planes.
An air ministry communique said
preliminary reports indicated that
the heavy attack on Berlin was Sue
ceSsful'.
The raids carried the resumed
Anglo-American pre-invasion aerial
offensive through its fourth night
and followed the second straight day
Of raids on the German occupied
Dutch port Of Rotterdam, where
shipping was hit. Other daylight
raids yesterday were directed at in
dustrial targets In Holland and the
railway yards at Abbeville in North
France.
The German radio acknowledged
that British bombers dropped high
explosive and fire bombs on Berlin
during a two-hour air raid alarm
last night, but mentioned damage
only to residential quarters and said
civilians were killed and injured.
The alarm was sounded at 1870 a.
m. Berlin time and the bombers met
a gigantic anti-aircraft barrage"
and swarms of night fighters, the
broadcast said.
1t was the 60th raid of the war on
Berlin and the seventh this year.
Bochum, an important railroad
junction, has been attacked only
once previously, on the night Of
Sept. s, 1910.
The loss of 80 bombers In last
nights widespread operations was
the largest since So failed to return
from an attack on the German port
OF Bremen the night Of June Is,
1912.
German planes once again sent
weak forces against Britain, both
during the night and in daylight to-
day. A few bombs fell harmlessly In
the East Anglican coastal area last
night and four hit-and-run Focke-
Wulf fighter bombers swent in low
over a southwest coastal town this
morning scattering their bombs. One
daylight raider was shot down.
The increasing damage being
wrought by the British night raid.
ers in Germany has prompted the
Reich government to make able
bodied citizens liable for call for
emergency air raid precautions du-
ties.
"Call-ups by police Of individual
persons for air raid protection self
aid are therefore no longer neces-
sary and will not take place In the
future" a DNB dispatch broadcast
over Radio Berlin said. "All persons
available IN house may be detailed
fer tasks for self-aid under direct
orders of local air raid protection
chiefs"
Meantime, the air ministry an.
nounced that the British thunder
bolt raid on Munich, home of the
Nazi party, on March 8 burned the
top floor of the famous brown
house, where Adolf Hitlers party
office Is situated. as well as de-
stroyed or damaged many vital war
industries.
Reconnaissance planes found fires
still burning two days after the at
tack, which was the heaviest OF the
war on Munich. Apart from indus.
trial plants wrecked, SO blocks OF
commercial buildings were burned.
the ministry said.
At the Bayerische Motorenwerke.
where airplane engines are made.
the main machine shops were hit
and q half are devastated. One
thousand square yards OF the MO.
torenwerke Mannerhelm submarine
engine works were destroyed.
The Vichy radio said the Amer.
J lean raid on Rouein In North