Evening star., 1944-04-25
Southern Sector
Of Reich Also Hit,
Axis Radio Saws :
NAZTS BOMB NAPLES after Allied
raids on North Italy, Balkans.
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By the Associated Press.

IalQS on NOftn Italy, balkanS.
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By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 25.-Well over
1000 American bombers ane
fighters bombarded three Ger.
man airfields IN France today
the 18th consecutive day of the
wars greatest aerial offensive
The German radio said other
Allied raiders bad penetrated
into the southern sector of the
Reich.
A preliminary announcement oi
daylight activity, which appeared
again to be on gigantic scale, saio
Fortresses and Liberators from
Britain smashed at German air.
dromes at Nancy, Metz and Dijon
in the continuing all-out effort to
humble Hitler's air forces ahead OF
the western invasion.
The daylight attacks followed at
tacks last night by probably 1000
planes of the Raj which blasted
industrial Munich and Karlsruhe.
Munich Left in Flames.
In reconnaissance report on the
Munich raid the Air Ministry said
whole blocks of buildings were left
ablaze.
American airmen back from Metz
said at least 40 planes, mostly fight
ers, parked on the ground there were
plastered with bombs and there was
no fighter opposition. The raiders
of Nancy also caught German air
craft parked on the ground.
Crewnen generally reported no
fighter opposition, moderate flax,
weather spotty on the way but clear
over the targets and good bombing
results.
While the heavies and their escort
thundered into Eastern France
American Marauders and Havocs
with British Bostons attacked mill
tary objectives in Northern France
which have been pounded repeat
edly in recent days by every type OF
daylight raider based in Britain.
Pas-de- Calais Area Hit.
Eighth Air Force Liberators also
smashed at military installations in
the Pas-de-Calais area under a
Mustang escort today and Lightning
fighter -bombers attacked an air.
field in Northern France.
Thirty British planes were lost
last night, when the main blows
aimed at factories and communica-
tions in Karlsruhe and Munich.
Mosquito planes hit Dusseldorf and
other raiders pounded the rail depot
at Chambly 20 miles north of Paris,
a link in the battered rail network
supplying the German Atlantic wall
Mines also were laid in enemy
waters.
The Raj night bombers struck
following yesterdays record con-
certed assaults by more than 5000
bombers and fighters from Britain
and Italy against factories and air.
dromes at Munich, Friedrichshafen
Bucharest, Ploesti and Belgrade
which also tore new gaps in Nazi
fighter strength.
103 Nazi Planes Downed.
The armadas striking from Brit
ain yesterday shot down 103 Ger.
man planes in air combat anc
wrecked 49 more aground for q
total of 152, against losses of 81
bombers and II fighters.
The Mediterranean Air Force
bagged 20 Nazi planes yesterday
against loss of II, but head
quarters did not specify how many
fell in the raids into Romania and
Yugoslavia.
karlsruhe, big Rhineland indus
trial city population, l45,00OD Isl
miles northwest of Munich, pro-
duces machinery, engines, locomo-
tives, chemical products and other
war materials. 1t was last hit By
the RAF in September, 1912.
Munich, Nazi party birthplace, il
the fourth largest city in Germany
population, 828,00O and prime
manufacturing and communications
center.
Some 1000 tons of bombs were
rained on Nazi targets yesterday ii
the blows from the west and south
Planes Land In Switzerland.
United States Mustangs, Light
nings and Thunderbolts and RAJ
Mustangs escorting the Liberator
and Flying Fortresses to Friedrich
shafen and Munich shot down g.
enemy planes, and bomber gunner
accounted for 81 more.
The bombers blasted factories a
Friedrichshafen and airfields in tn
Munich area, and an American com
munique declared bombing result
were generally very satisfactory"
Twelve American bombers LANDED
in Switzerland after the Friedrich
shafen raid, and two others crashed
in that neutral country, the Swis
announced One was shot down b,
Swiss fighters when it failed t.
obey landing signals.
The bombers striking from Ital,
obtained good results in blow
against railway yards at Buchares
and Ploesti, and against the Ikaru
aircraft plant at Belgrade in Yugo
slavia, headquarters in Naples de
clared.
German planes flew over parts @
Eastern and Southeastern Englan
last night, bombing one place, bu
there were no casualties, an Air an
Home Security communique said.
United States headquarters an
nounced photographs taken durin
and after yesterdays attacks Shove
serious damage to the home fac
tories of the Dornier aircraft fac
tory and large tank and gea
factory at Friedrichshafen In tn
Munich area similar damage wa
done to the Messerschmitt glide
factory at Leipheim, the Messer
schnitt 4l0 assembly plant at Ober
pfaffenhofen and airplane parks q