Evening star., 1943-06-01
Foqqio Is Hammered
BY Fortresses Third
Time in Four .Doys
Italian Airdrome
BIunketed With
Bursting Bombs
BY The Associated Press.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, June 1.-The
American air attack on Pantel-
leria and Sardinia, Italy's out
post islands, was maintained at
savage pace yesterday and
Flying Fortresses gave Foggia.
the aviation and railway center
on the mainland, it's third heavy
bombing in four days.
Incurring amazingly low losses in
the face of dWndling opposition, tbs
Americans shot down four of the
enemyS planes in the sweeping aS.
saults for loss of two of their own.
1t was officially stated that the
confirmed score for destruction of
enemy aircraft in May was 337
planes shot down in combat. against
an Allied loss of 1O8.
Large numbers of enemy air.
| craft were destroyed on the ground
! at the important Foggia Airdrome."
in the latest Flying Fortress blow.
| the official statement said, but in
accordance with the air commands
new policy no exact figure was given.
Hangers and Barracks Damaged.
The airfield was blanketed with
bursting bombs. and photogra phs
showed severe damage to two hangers
and barracks. The freight yards,
station. boXcars and warehouses
were left in tangled Wreckage in the
attack on railroad facilities.
Foggia Airdrome, 80 miles north
east of Naples and on the opposite
side Of the peninsula from Naples.
was we'll known during the World
War as training field for American
Army pilots
Maj. Gordon Sarre of Flying For
tress headquarters. whose home is in
New York City and who served in
Italy during that period. pointed out
today that Mayor La Guardia Of
New York. Walter Wanger, Holly
wood producer; 1t Col Paul Zucker-
man of the New York Stock EX-
change, and Maj. Norman Sweetzer.
former NBC executive, all trained
at Foggia.
The city, which has a population
of $4,000 is 440 miles from Tunis.
There must have been 25 Junkers
on the field Rows of bombs criss-
crossing the field looked like bunch
OF weeds in cornpatch." COM
mented First 1t. Marion D. Jones,
navigator. of Memphis. Tenn.
/ FOrtressses Unescorted.
/ The Fortresses few uneecorted to
/ the attack just day after more than
! so Liberators from the Middle East
command had laid paths of destruc-
ton across Foggias installations
/ Two score or so Liberators also made
a heavy attack last Friday
/ Two Of the four enemy planes shot
| down yesterday were accounted for
during the raid.
The Italians said "consider-
| able damage was done at Fog
gia, in their communique re-
T corded by the Associated Press,
and said 27 persons were killed
/ and 33 injured.
Listing Caglarl as a target in
Sardinia, the Rome communique
said damage was still being as
sessed' there and said Augusta
in Sicily also had been bombed.
"A German broadcast of Rome
dispatches said the City of Oh
bia on the Island of Sardinia
was completely destroyed" in a
Sunday raid
'The Italian communique
claimed 20 Allied planes were
shot down in yesterdays at
tacks and said fires were set in
an Axis laid on SouSse Harbor)
Ll9htnlngS Strafed communica-
tions in Sardinia, registering hits
on dock installations, a power sta
ton and on barrack buildings, the
Allied bulletin said.
During the day medium and fight :
er bomberS returned to Pantelleria
again to blast few more bomb holes
in that bomb-pocked volcanic island
midway between Tunisia and Sicily.
Today'S Middle East air COM
munique from Cairo said long-range
fighters on offensive sweeps off the
west coast of Greece Sunday and
yesterday had attacked a small mer-
chant vessel off the north coast of
Cephalonia Island and left it with
its deck cargo atire
Another small sailing vessel was
attacked with cannon fire in the
Aegean.
tThe italian radio. rejecting
anxiety over the possible effects
of continued bombing on the mo-
rale of the Italian people, ap-
pealed last night to, the public
to emulate Britain-which not
only resisted invasion but scorned
the idea of surrender.
eve are confronted with the
enemy's own example, said a
broadcast recorded by the Asso-
ciated Press. The enemy which,
beaten and abandoned and faced
with invasion amid ruins, not
only continued to resist, but
would have refused to negotiate
with the victor, who neverthe-
less never asked him to surren-
l.