Evening star., 1943-10-02
Fortresses Attack
Emden Following Up
Ruhr Night Raid
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. Flying Fort
resses, escorted by Thunderbolts,
attacked the German port of Emden
this afternoon, it was stated author
itatively, following an RAF night
assault on the Ruhr industrial city
of Hagen in which the German
radio said American bombers also
took part.
Hagen, which has a population
OF 10000, is 10 miles south of Dort-
mund, often the target for the big
RAF night bombers. 1t is in the
center of the Ruhr region with i'm
portant iron and steel foundries,
engineering and armament works
and has a big railway center with
extensive yards and railway car
repair shops.
One of the principal industries is
the Accumulatoren Fabrika A. G.
which makes batteries, motors and
other electrical equipment for sub
marines.
Two Bombers Lost.
An announcement that two bomb
ers were lost underscored evidence
that Allied planes have made in
roads on the strength of the Ger
man Air Force in recent months.
The target-the 77th Nazi city
bombed by the RAF in the last 10
nights-represented blow at both
industry and communications.
1t is the junction Of several i'm
portant railroads linking its fac
tories with other Westphalian in
dustrial centers.
The raid also marked another step
IN the RATS expansion of its cam
paign against enemy facilities which
in the last week has seen a number
of seldom targets blasted,
like Aachen, Darmstadt and Bruns-
wick. Hagen has been bombed only
twice before.
The Berlin radio in a broadcast
recorded by the Associated Press
said that both British and Amer
lean bombers were over the Rhine
land and estphalia-which in
cludes the Ruhr industrial area hit
Monday night.
There was no official indication of
American planes participating in
the raid but this is the third or
fourth time in recent nights that
the Nazis have reported American
planes over their territory and as
far back as March Maj. Gen. Ira C.
Eaker, commander of the 9Th United
States Air Force said that Flying
Fortresses would bomb at night.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commander
of American air forces, added weight
to the possibility when he said early
in September in answer to a ques-
ton about possible American night
bombing that United Air Force
flyers had been trained for it for
two years.
Anniversary of Berlin Raid.
Last nights raid over Germany
marked the second night this week
that British based craft were over
Germany. On Wednesday night,
the Raj hammered the Ruhr steel
center Of Bochum for the fifth time.
The nights operations marked the
fourth anniversary of the RATS
first wartime flight over Berlin but
only leaflets were dropped on the
German capital at that time.
Earlier in the evening residents
along the southeast coast said that
planes passed overhead bound for
apparently what was an attack Oh
French coastal areas.
broo Scoct roPOrSpI hy,
Associated Press last night said that
Allied planes were over Rumanian
territory dropping leaflets. TWO
parachutists, "an sir lieutenant and
captain were said to have been
captured carrying large sums of
Rumanian money drugs and food.
There was no confirmation Of the
report from London or other Allied
sources.