Evening star., 1944-01-11
Berlin Radio Reports
Heavy u. 5. Raid on
Middle Germany
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON. Jan. 11.-Allied heavy
bombers, mediums and fighters
swept across the English Channel
today In a renewal Of the daylight
offensive against Europe few hours
after Raj Mosquitoes attacked Ber-
lin and Western Germany during
darkness.
The Berlin radio declared that
strong formations OF four -engined
American bombers" attacked locali-
ties in Central Germany around
noon and claimed heavy losses"
were inflicted by Nazi defenders.
There was no immediate Allied
confirmation that American "heav-
les" had gone out in force, but
observers on the English coast de-
clared heavy bombers were included
In the formations flying across the
Channel.
American daylight heavy bombers
had been grounded since Friday
when they carried out a heavy at
tack on a target in southwestern
Germany which neutral reports
identified as Ludwigshafen, home
OF large German chemical works.
No Mosquitoes Lost.
The Mosquitoes attack last night
was their ninth foray of the year
and it was executed without loss.
Save for Berlin, other night targets
were not specified.
British fighters also were busy
over the continent last night on in
truder patrols, the Air Ministry said
shooting down one German plane
during these operations. One British
plane failed to return.
Only light aerial activity was re-
ported over the continent yesterday
small formations of Typhoons and
Mosquitoes cooperating in attacks on
the coastal area of Northern France.
Two Allied planes were lost and one
German craft was shot down.
French Evacuation Plans Made.
Meanwhile, the German controlled
Vichy radio declared that projects of
the French Channel coast depart
ments had met yesterday in Paris to
discuss possible evacuation of those
areas, which recently have been sub
jected to heavy air attacks.
The broadcast said evacuation of
country districts of the Somme De-
partment already had been ordered
A Paris radio broadcast declared
four American four -engined bomb
ers were downed in Northern France
during attacks yesterday, but there
was no United States Air Force an
nouncement of any opera tions.
The consistent Mosquito raids by
night have set of sirens in dozens
Of jittery German cities, and last
night marked the third time they
have penetrated this year to the
shattered Nazi capital.
The nerve centers Of the Nazi wal
administration in Berlin have beer
virtually wiped out by Allied bomb
ings, it appeared today from list
of destroyed or damaged places
issued by the Air Ministry.
Other Places Blasted.
The list, compiled on the basis OF
aerial reconnaissance photographs
up to December 2l-thousands more
tons Of bombs have been dumped on
the capital since then-includes, be-
sides Adolf Hitler's private chan
celery:
The home OF Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels, the offices of
ReichSmarshal Herman Goering.
headquarters of the Gestapo, Official
residences of Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler and Foreign Minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, the For
eign once, the Treasury, the Min
istries of Justice, Transport, Food
and Agriculture, Armaments and
Munitions, Education, the Home
ONCE and the Army Records Office
More than so per cent OF the
buildings in the Central Tiergarten
district, crowded with government
offices, were destroyed. There were
more than 628 acres of damage in
the midst of the government center
district-an area nearly as large as
the whole OF Central London.
The list also showed that SO iden-