Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-13
Yonks Hit Nozi Aircraft Plants
In Hungary, Germany in 2-Woy
Attack From |to|y and Britain
Budapest Area Suffers
Second Allied Raid
Within "a Hours
By the Associated Press.

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LONDON, April 13-American
heavy bombers landed a double
blow at German aircraft produc-
ton today, striking from Italy
at works in Hungary and from
Britain at important plants in
Germany.
The 18th Air Force, based at Fog
gia, Italy, hit a MeSserschmitt fac
tory near Gyor, 10 miles northwest
of Budapest, as well as railroad car
and machine works. The Tokol air
drome assembly plant, II miles
southwest of Budapest, came under
Liberator attack.
The 9Th Air Force, Britain-based
made a "four-bladed attack on air.
craft plants at Augsburg and Ober-
pfof enhofen, air force installations
at Lechfeld, and ballbearing works
at SchWeinfurt," an official an
nouncement said.
500 Bombers i'm Raid.
More than 500 bombers, accom-
panied by $50 to 1000 fighter planes,
went on this operation, and the an
nouncement observed:
THE targets, all highly important
to the German Air Force, had been
hit previously, and todays blows
were designed both to disrupt re-
pairs and inflict new damage"
Today's American blows at Hun
gary followed a raid last night on.
that nations capital. Raj Well
ingtons, flying from Italy, hit
Budapest with 4,0OO-pound block
busters for the first time in the
third raid within a month against
rail yards important to Adolf
Hitler's supplies on the Russian
front.
Probably about 500 Fortresses and
Liberators participated in today's
Italy based onslaught, which carried
into the sixth straight day the cur
rent offensive to wipe out the bulk
of the German air force, both in
the air and abuilding, before the
invasion.
Vesces Airdrome Hit.
The Vesces Airdrome, 10 miles
south of Budapest, was another of
the 18th Air Force targets, while
railroad yards at Brod. Yugoslavia,
halfway between Belgrade and
Zagreb, bore another section of the
attack.
Raj Mosquitoes last night at
tackled Osnabruck, about rs miles
west Of Hanover
Osnabruck was hit by great
number of high explosives including
sixteen 4,000-pounders, it was an
nounced. The crews said their
bombs hit the targets in good con-
centrations. Often attacked previ-
ously. Osnabruck is a Ruhr Valley
industrial and rail center and is one
of the most concentrated targets in
Germany, covering only about 4
square miles.
A United States communique is
sued here today announced that &c
NaI planes were shot down over
western Europe by American heavy
bombers and fighters yesterday.
Gunners Bag 10 Planes.
This bulletin said gunners aboard
Liberators and Flying Fortresses
had accounted for 10 of the enemy
aircraft and the remainder were
knocked down by escorting fighters.
1t was announced earlier that
weather had forced the heavy bomb
ers to turn back before they reached
their objective.
Last nights Raj attack on Buda-
pest came after damaging day raids
by American Fortresses and Lib
orators on aircraft factories at
Wiener Neustadt, Bad Voslau and
Fischamend Markt in Austria.
Twenty-eight German planes were
downed in combat and IL United
States bombers and two fighters
were lost over Austria.
Mediterranean air force planes
flew 1880 sorties during the day.
also hitting railways above Rome
and striking into Yugoslavia.
Railyards at Budapest were strad-
died with heavy bombs and one
bAOShUuSIeI SIIuCk DOJJle0ecK
point. Another stick fell among 100
railcars, creWmen said.
Heavy Blows at Wiener Neustadt.
Budapest first was hit with 1000
tons Of bombs by American heavies
on April 3 and Raj night bombers
hit the city again that night.
reconnaissance pictures of yes
terday's raid showed considerable
destruction" at Wiener Neustadt, q
miles below Vienna, with the main
alrplane plant there af1re' and
components factory at Fischamend
Markt heavily damaged.
Antiaircraft fire was intense over
all parts of the Wiener Neustadt
works, but fighter opposition was
spotty. Liberators met the heaviest
air defense over Bad Voslau. There
were several battles over Wiener
NeuStadt, but Fortresses at Fischa-
mend Markt were virtually unmo-
Tested.
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