Evening star., 1944-06-04
All bombers Return
In 1,OOO-P Plane Raid
On Invasion Coast
Fighter Is Only Loss
In Three Attacks by
$500 Allied Craft
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, June 3.-The ram
parts of Europe-under vast new
aerial pressure of shuttle raids
by American planes using Rus
sian bases were blasted on the
west twice today by United States
Fortresses and Liberators with
out the loss of single bomber.
Both the assaults by American
heavies were directed against the
Nazis' invasion coast of Northern
France and, of a total force of per-
haps 1000 bombers and fighters
taking part in the double operation,
only one fighter failed to return.
The Pas-de-Calais region also
was hit yesterday by Fortresses and
Lberators without loss. Thus the
cost of three attacks on Hitlers
vaunted West Wall by nearly 2,50o
planes, dropping an estimated 4,50C
tons of explosives, has been one
single-engined plane.
This means that only one man is
missing from a total of nearly 49,
900 airmen flying against Pas-de-
Calais in the last two days-an ex-
ample of the way in which all
units are paving the way for the
landing of ground forces at mini
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Nazi Communications Blasted.
While the heavy bombers were
hitting the coastal fortifications
hundreds of fighters and fighter
bombers of both the American and
British sections of the Allied Air
Force ranged back and forth across
France and the low countries in a
series of attacks on the enemy s
transport and communications.
Late in the evening, Marauder
medium bombers with an escort OF
Thunderbolts swept over the inva-
sion coast to give the Nazi fortifi-
cations there one more lick. The
Marauders also attacked a highway
bridge over the Seine just west OF
Paris and Havocs bombed an airfield
at Charters.
An indication that Raj night
raiders were following up the day.
light assaults came as the German
warning system announced "nui-
Sance raiders" were approaching
Western Germany and the Frank
furt station left the air in the
middle of a program.
Headquarters announced that ou
of more than 400 United State,
9th Air Force fighter -bombers TAX
ing part in the late day Sweep
over France, two Thunderbolts anc
one Mustang failed to return
Though no enemy fighters were en-
cOuntered, fax was intense owe
some of the targets.
From bases in Italy, United State
heavy bombers attacked targets il
Romania yesterday and streaked OF
to newly prepared American base
in Russia in the first west-eas
shuttle raid.
Today's bombing by the heavie
had to be done through an overcas
/. and returning creWmen said tn
skies were free of German fighter
and flax was only moderate Som
! Liberator crews said, however. the,
hit heavy ground barrages, incrud
ing a Sizable number of rockets.
The Raj with a fleet of upward
Of 500 bombers heaped more destruc
) ton on the coastal emplacements O
. France last night, and struck tn
great trappes railroad yard in tn
Paris outskirts, scattering probabl
well over $500 tons of bombs.
: The Mediterranean Allied al
force kept up the night pressur
from the south with a damaging
raid on the Danube city of Giurgiu
most important port for river ship
ment of oil to Germany. Bomber
left fires visible $50 miles away
and flaming oil spread into tn
J Danube