The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-03
Berlin
 BIitzed
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2S BOmbers Lost

Twenty eight bOmberS were lost in the attack and in subsidiary mosquito raids on western Germany and the French invasion coast.
 The nights tonnage boosted the total weight of bombs dropped on Berlin in 10 heavy raids in the past seven weeks to between 14,00o and 15,000 - approximately twice that dropped on London during the en- tire 11-month German "blitz' of 1940-41.
 Speculation grew that half of Berlin may be destroyed, but there was no authoritative information to support this theory. The Sunday Observer air correspondent predicted that Berlin would be eliminated as organized city, when 12,000 of its 18,000 fully built-up acres were razed.
 Last nights raid was the 101st of the war on Berlin and the third in five nights. It marked the first time the RAF has hit the capital two successive nights since November 22-23.
 Pathfinder bombers swept in ahead of the main bombing fleets and marked out the target area with flares dropped through the pail of smoke that has hovered over the city for nearly week.
 Though the targets were not an- nounced, the principal objectives were believed to lie on the indus trial perimeter of the capital. which has the largest concentration of war industries in Germany. With the center of Berlin already devas- tated, the RAF was believed con- centrating on wiping out the indus trial districts section by section.
 The pilot of a reconnaissance plane which swept across the city after the raid reported two large concentrations of fire, presumably several blocks each in area.
 Unconfirmed European reports said the Germans had ordered the evacuation of another 1000. 900 wo- men, children and aged from Berlin to hundred of towns and villages in eastern and southeastern provinces of Germany.
 The new evacuation order was expected to complete the removal of non-essential civilians from the capital, it was said. The evacuees were ordered to walk to suburban stations to board the trains because of the destruction of stations inside the city.
 50 Trains Day
 Fifty trains a day were departing for the evacuation areas, where schools. public buildings and hos pitals were ordered made ready to house the refugees. 1t was said.
 Other European reports asserted that an army of 10000 workers was struggling to clear streets of the rubble of wrecked buildings and dwellings and to dig out trapped inhabitants, some of whom had been buried for more than 24 hours. Util- ities and communications in many areas were disrupted. raising the specter of hunger and disease.
 Only 24 hours earlier force con sisting entirely of four-engined British Lancaster bombers dropped more than HOO tons of explosives on Berlin early Sunday. Other bombers hit Hamburg in an attempt to confuse enemy defenses, as well as the Frecnh invasion coast
 Twenty-eight planes were lost in all operations.
 German bombers hit back weakly at southeastern England last night. but lost three planes. An alert was sounded in London and bombs dam aged a house in a London suburb. injuring dozen persons
 During daylight Sunday. Mosqui- toes attacked objectives in northern France while fighters on offensive patrols over France and Belgium shot four enemy aircraft, including one over the Elffel Tower in Paris. One British plane was lost.
 The bombing was described off, clally as most effective" leaving Berlin agiow with flames visible 100 miles.
 'sIhey tried to stop us before we got there." one pilot said. "When they failed. they tried to break up our formations as we went in to drop our bombs.
 'AThe last few miles we had to fight every inch Of the way. Their search. lights were not much use to then, because the clouds were very thick over Berlin, but they put up Q lot ] of flak. and their fighters were