Evening star., 1944-01-05
New Red Drive Gains Strength;
Nazis Admit Deep Penetration ;
RAFMosquitos Raid Berlin Again
Attacks Resumed
On French Coast
In Day Assaults
By the Associated Press.

| AoNOON, jail. O.-HAF MOS
quito bombers attacked Berlin
again last night and other Brit,
ish planes pounded targets il
Northern France, following u,
one of the greatest dayligh
aerial assaults of the war b.
some 5000 planes, includin,
American attacks on Kiel ane
Muenster.
Not a single plane was lost in tn
night raids, which included Mosquit,
forays over Western Germany ant
minelaying operations, the Air Min
istry said
The stab against Berlin was tn,
first since the great RAF attack earl,
Monday.
French Coast Raided.
Returning to the French invasion
coast" Raj and Allied medium
bombers attacked military objectives
there again this morning, it was an
nounced. Raj and Allied fighter.
accompanied them.
American heavy BOMBER cascadec
explosives by daylight Yesterday or
shipbuilding yards at Kiel and rail.
way targets at Muenster, both ir
Northwest Germany.
A joint British American com.
munique said the attacks were
pressed home effectively despite
heavy clouds which obscured both
targets and that big fires were left
raging in Kiel, site of a great Ger
man naval base and submarine pens
The German controlled Scandi-
navian Telegraph Bureau reported
heavy damage at Kiel.
The raids were carried out BY
formations of Flying Fortresses anc
Liberators which, with their Amer
lean and British fighter escorts, con-
stituted fleet of about ! 800 planes
which stretched out across the sky
for 100 miles.
DaylOng Attacks.
They were executed in conjunction
with a daylong series of bombing
attacks on targets in France by
swarms of both American and Brit
ish planes. Altogether approximate
ly 5000 Allied aircraft took the air
probably the greatest air armada
ever thrown into action in sirigl1
| day.
Total Allied air losses were listec
as 25 planes-a remarkably small
percentage of the great number o1
craft participating. At least IT.
possibly more - German fighter.
were reported shot down in vair
attempts to intercept the raiders
Of the enemy planes destroyed, The
American heavy bombers accounted
for four and their fighter escorts fol
eight.
5000 Tons of Bombs Dropped.
More than 5000 tons of high ex.
plosive and incendiary bombs were
unloaded on Germany and France
during the day-a large proportion
of the total falling on Kiel anc
Muenster Both cities have beer
raided repeatedly.
The trip to Kiel-situated neal
the extreme northwest corner O.
Germany-represented an overall
flight of more than 1000 miles fol
the big American bombers and thei
fighter escorts, which were equipped
with special auxiliary fuel tanks fol
the long foray.
Muenster, city with a norma
population Of more than 100000, il
situated about 200 miles southwes
of Kiel and is vital link in German
railway communications with Franc,
and the defenses on the invasion
coast.
One returning flyer said the vas
fleet of warplanes literally darkenee
the heavens and another said tn,
regularity with which the big bomb
ers unloaded their cargoes of explo
sives reminded him of relay O.
dump trucks in operation.
Invasion Coast Pounded.
British and American medium
bombers maintained a dawn -dusl
shuttle service across the English
Channel yesterday, hammering a.
the French invasion coast with tn,
Pas de Calais area as their main OBJ.
jective.
Two hundred American Marauder
started the procession at dawn, tt
be followed in succession by British
Typhoons and Hurricanes and ther
by Bostons, Mitchells and Mosquitoes
1t was the sixth successive day o.
bombing by the Marauders withou
the loss of single plane.
Losses in all these vast operations
were listed officially as 18 heav,
bombers, 4 lighter bombers and
fighters. While German ground de.
! lenses put up a heavy anti-aircraf
barrage little fighter opposition wa
encountered and the American
bomber crews were enthusiastic ovel
the protection afforded by thei
fighter escorts.
Nazis Raid Britain.
Perhaps in retaliation for tn,
heavy assaults yesterday, the Ger
mans sent comparatively small
number of planes over Britain las
night, giving London a 32-minut,
AFRAID alarm. Bombs fell in on,
London district and in one area il
the home counties, causing som'
damage and casualties.
Two OF the enemy raiders wer'
shot down.
A 4-year-old boy was killed
while his brother, 6, and a girl, IA
were injured when bombs wrecked