Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-27
Great Fires Left
By Chain Raids
Over Hamburg
Big German Port
Apparently Marked
For Destruction
BULLETIN,

BULLETIN.
LONDON P.-Hundreds of
Allied fighters and light
bombers attacked industrial
targets at Zeebrugge and
enemy airfields elsewhere in
Belgium and Holland by day
light today, the Air Ministry
announced.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 27.-For the
fifth time in 48 hours Hamburg
was attacked from the air last
night as the Raj sent Mosquito
bombers over the German sea-
port for the third successive
night, the British Air Ministry
news service said today.
Returning crews said there was a
clear sky over the devastated city
and flames could be seen while they
were still more than 80 miles from
the target.
Alrmen were quoted as saying
that the fax was not SO intense as
had been expected, but there were
some night fighters on patrol.
The air battle, designed appar-
emily to flatten Germanys great
port of Hamburg, began Saturday
night, when Raj heavy bombers
carried out the greatest raid of the
war, dropping 1900 long tons of ex-
ploSives and incendiaries. Since
that time the Raj and the USAAF
have kept up round-the- clock at
! tacKs.
Yanks Raid Again.
The USAAF hit the port in day.
light Sunday with a large fleet of
heavy bombers, and the same night
Raj Mosquitoes took up the attack.
The Americans raided the city in
daylight again Yesterday and the
Air Ministry put out the preliminary
| announcement that Hamburg had
been attacked even before the off,
cial communique.
Nothing was said concerning pos
| SlDle Mar losses.
The air offensive rolled on I'M
checked throughout daylight today.
with Allied formations crossing the
Dover Straits toward the Calais
area. The aircraft winging over the
| Channel in brilliant sunshine ap-
peared to be fighters.
Raj reconnaissance pilots went
20 Essen yesterday to view the
devastation from the heavy attack
by Raj heavy bombers Sunday
night. They reported fierce fires
were still burning there.
Three Other Towns Hit.
Sharing the weight of the Amer
lean assault with Hamburg in day
light yesterday were three other
northwest German cities-Hannover
Wilhelmshaven and Wesermunde.
American medium bombers dumped
their cargoes on the German air.
field at st. Omer, France, while
British medium, light and fighter
bombers attacked Courtrai Able
vile and Merville. At the same
time American Thunderbolt fight
ers made wide sweeps over the
French and Dutch coasts.
Returning raiders said that Ger
man fighter opposition was spotty
but the Allies had the better of the
situation for a final check showed
"A Axis planes shot down against
26 for the Allies. Of the latter, %
were bombers but communicates did
not give a breakdown on the num-
Der OF American losses.
Good Results Obtained.
Heaviest opposition was reported
at Hanover, where the Americans
struck at two synthetic rubber plants
employing $4,000 workers. The
American pilots said the fax was
heavy and that they were opposed
by force of from rs to 100 fighter
planes. of which they destroyed 80.
Naval installations were the tar
gets at Wilhelmshavep and Weser-
munde and submarine works and
an airplane engine plant we're the
Hamburg detectives.
An Allied communique said that
good results were observed on all
Of the targets.
The city of London had an alert
lasting about an hour shortly after
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