Evening star., 1944-02-02
Mosquitoes Hit Berlin,
u. ). Bombers Renew
French Coast Raids
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 2.-Britain's
swift Mosquito bombers dashed
again last night at Berlin, still
smoking from Sundays heavy
hammering, and today large for
nations of Allied planes re-
newed their attack on the Gin
vasion coast" of France.
American heavy bombers with
fighter escort struck at military OBJ
jectives in Northern France, it was
announced and Marauders, without
loss, bombed an airfield in Nor
mandy.
The daylight raiders roared across
the Channel early in the morning
and came streaming back As minutes
later. The operation against the
Pas de Calais area reopened attacks
which were interrupted yesterday
for the first time in nine days.
The Mosquitoes stab set AFRAID
sirens bowling in the devastated
German capital for the fourth time
IN six nights.
Called Dead City,"
The feet plywood British raiders,
the announcement said, also at
tackled other targets in Western
Germany, the identity of which was
not disclosed. One plane was lost
In the nights operations.
The Air Ministry disclosed that
the RAF had loosc1 $500 tons of
explosives on Germany during Janu-
ary to break all monthly records for
bombing attacks on the Reich as
additional details filtered through
concerning the damage inflicted on
Berlin.
Dispatches from Stockholm quoted
travellers arriving from Berlin as
saying that the German capital was
dead city" and that 10 more at
tacks on the scale of the most recent
RAF raids would finish it COM
pletely.
1856 Planes Lost.
One traveller estimated that five
or six more raids would do the job.
The Air Ministry review said the
weight Of bombs dropped on Berlin
alone in six heavy raids during jan
uary totaled more than $500 tons.
The aggregate tonnage unloaded on
Germany exceeded by 500 tons the
figure for the previous record month
August, 1943.
In addition to the $500 tons
dropped on Germany, approximately
$500 tons of explosives were show
cred down on other European objec-
tives by the RAF last month.
Besides the six massive assaults
on Berlin, the Raj also struck heavy
blows at Stettin, Brunswick and
Magdeburg as well as attacking Ger
many on a smaller scale on 19 other
nights.
Altogether the British lost 385
planes over Europe during January,
and destroyed 100 enemy aircraft
SO during offensive operations over
the continent and q over Britain.
Yesterday was marked by COM
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offensive, operations being limited
to attacks on enemy shipping off
Norway during which British air.
men sank an armed minesweeper,
damaged an escort vessel and set
aflre medium sized merchantmen.
Raj Chiefs Pleased.
1t was disclosed officially that the
RATS commanders are satisfied
with the campaign to knock the Nazi
capital out of the war. "a
I'VE are doing better in the bomb
ing of Berlin even than we expect
ed" said Air Vice Marshal Sir Rob-
ert Saundby, deputy chief of the
RAF Bomber Command, when he
was knighted recently at Bucking-
ham Palace.
The Kings first question was
whether We were satisfied with re-
suits" Sir Robert disclosed. 81 was
able to tell him We were very salts
fed indeed, with the results as far
as we know them but that we have
not yet got all the Photographic evi-
dence We want"
He added the King also asked him
If the RAF considered the losses
too high and Il told him we def
nitely did not think So"