Evening star., 1943-11-26
Americans Return
ToAttock; Bremen
Believed Target
By the Associated Press,

LONDON, Nov. 26.-Americar
heavy bombers struck into
Northwest Germany today, TAX
ing up in daylight the massive
aerial offensive against the Nazis
after the RAF gave Berlin its
fourth straight night of bomb
ing and heavily attacked Frank
furt-Am- Main.
American officials did not specify
Immediately the target of the bomb
ers and their fighter escort, but the
Bremen radio went off the air, sug-
gesting that much battered port as
an objective.
This was the first operation in a
week by heavy formations from the
9th Air Force, the 18th heavy Allied
attack from Britain in November
and the ninth for the United States
Air Force.
Offenbach Also Raided.
In addition to Frankfurt, the
German radio said Raj bombers
hit Offenbach, leather and chemical
goods town 6 miles east of Frank
furt. Marauding RAF Mosquitoes
simultaneously struck at Berlin.
The twin raids were achieved with
small loss. Thirteen British bomb
ers failed to return, compared with
A the last time Frankfurt was hit
on October % when Kassel also was
smashed in a final blow.
The visit to Berlin meant the
Nazi capital had been wakened by
bombs on 20 out of Is nights of
November.
The daylight raid Of American
heavy bombers was supplemented by
Marauder mediums, which made
their second attack in four days
against Pas-de- Calais, the long, mar
row French department extending
inland about 80 miles from the
Channel promontory closest Eng
land.
Special Target Indicated.
1t was the second time the Marau-
ders had undertaken an operation
against objectives which were un-
specified in Northern France, and it
raised speculation that they might
be after some special target like q
concentration to resist invasion or
an important radio-location base.
Although the Mosquitos-the twin
engined craft which carry 500
pound bombs-do not pack the wal
lop of Britain's four -engined Ar
madas they kept the sirens going in
Berlin.
These fast bombers fill in bad
weather spells when major raids are
not feasible, and it was recalled that
1t was Mosquito buildup" which
preceded the two heavy assaults
Monday and Tuesday.
The attack on Frankfurt, big GEN.
ter of the I. G. Farbenindustrie in
ternational chemical trust works,
fitted in with three big raids last
week on chemical and poison gas
component producing factories at
Ludwigshafen and Leverkusen.
Other Big Plants in City.
Frankfurt also has Germany's
biggest truck manufacturing works
(OpeD, its biggest tire works Dun-
lop), and is one of the main railroad
centers.
The latest attack on Germany CO.
incided with only vestige of the
Nazis' promised reprisal for the Ber-
lin bombings. This was small
scale incursion which caused a short
alert in London and little else.
The Air Ministry communique
said mines also were laid in enemy
waters last night.
Bad weather prevented observa-
tion of the results at Frankfurt and
Berlin, 1t added.
There were indications that day.
light operations over the continent
today might include forays from the
Mediterranean area when the Zu-
rich, Switzerland, air raid alarms
were turned on.
Raid Shelters Hit.
Meanwhile, a Stockholm dispatch
quoted reliable eyewitnesses as re-
porting that half of Berlin's air.
raid shelters were hit in the two
RAF saturation raids Monday and
Tuesday nights, bringing about
scenes of panic and death.
The Berlin correspondent Of the
Helsinki newspaper Helsingin Sano-
mat wrote that the German capital
looks like the remains of bat
tlefield a long time under strong
artillery fire"
Replying to congratulations from
Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair
on the crusher assaults, Air Marshal
Sir Arthur T. Harris, chief of the
RAF Bomber Command, declared:
The battle of Berlin continues.
1t will continue as opportunity
(See RAIDS, Page A-18.)