The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-19

SContlnued from Page D weather that enabled the American 6oinbardiers to pln-point theif targets. listed the following ob. iectlves.
 A Messerschmltt lOe components plant at Kempsen. southwest oi Augsburg and about 35 miles norths east oE the Swiss border.
 A chemical factory at Hollriegel. skreuth. on the outskirts of Munich. which makes oxygen and hydrogen
 Ball bearing plants at Schwein- furt.
 Rail yards at coblena and Saar. brucken, as well as at Strasboure.
 German air force stations at Iechfeld, rIeipheim and faupheiIIl. all in the region Of Augsburg.
 Strong forces of Mustang. Thun. derbout and Lightning fighters. al. So of the Eighth Air force. escorted the Fortresses and LIberators.
 The Bombers left Britain in one huge formation and famed out in individual task forces at the Ger man border. each taking with it a part of the fighter escort.
 The Hollriegelskreuth chemical plant at Munich vas believed to be manufacturing chemicals used in the launching Of flying bombs.
 The DNB News Agency said the American formations were engaged over the Bavarian capital in a very heavy air battle. although it gave no details Of the fighting.
 other Allied warplanes Mosqui- tos and Mitchell mediums-also struck into France early this morn ing to hammer German troops and installations directly in front of the British and American armies.
 The assaults were a continuation Of the mighty Allied aerial attack, in which an estimated ia.O00 tons of bombs were dropped on the Ger. mans yesterday in the wars most spectacular display Of airpower.
 After rounding out . near rec ord of 7.5O0 sorties yesterday, in cludlng raids on Germany, the RAFs night bombers took mp the campaign at midnight. sending big fleet Of Halifaxes. Lancasters and Mosquitos against the conti- nent.
 As the Armada passed over the French coast, it split into several forces, while German searchliehts lit up the sky for miles around.
 One force Of ,Halifaxes and Llan- casters again hit the arc of railway functions behind Paris, now vttally important to the Germans since the Seine and Loire river bridges have been cut. The bolnbeTs concentrated on the yards at Revigno. 100 miles due east Of Paris. and Aulnoye on the main line running from the Ruhr to northern France.
 Two more forces Of the tour-en. gined Sombers flew straight to the Ruhr to bomb the synthetic oil plants at Wesseling and 6cholven- Buer.
 Fleet Mosquito boInbers returned to Berlin for the second successive night to drop tw0-ton blockbusters on the German capital tn clear weather. On the return flight the pilots reported seeing huge explo- sions in the RiihT, apparently from the heavy bomber attacks.
 A small force of HalifaEes raided the industrial city Of Cologne in western Germany. while another formation rained high explosives on the NaA flying bomb installations in northern France.
 German fighters challenged the RAP bombers during the raids on Reyigny and Aulonye and 20 Brit. ish planes were lost in the two op- erations. Eight other bOinbers and two beaufighters were lost n other attacks, which also included fighter sweeps on a German convoy southwest of Helgoland.
 Halifax bombers also carried out A heavy attack early last night on large concentrations Of rolling stock, filled with German supplies, at Vss. res, on the eastern outskirts Of Paris. meeting no aerial opposition, ai- though two planes were lost, appar. ently to antl-aircraft fire.
 Supreme headquaTters announced that IS enemy aircraft were shot down yesterday and . number de- stFOyed on the ground.
 witnesses were in the armed forces .-,a. Aa..faA ha., Iaa4@N Smith