The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-07
Bombers BIitz Fuel Plants
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 by the enemy. The plants were prev iously bombed on July 2.
 Liberators based in Italy also at- tackled two targets in northern Yugoslavia-oil installations at Novi Sad, where oil is transhipped from barge to trail, and the airfield at Alibunar, 2l0 miles northeast of Bel- grade.
 No figures were immediately available on Allied losses during the two attacks. but in the shuttle ate tack ending in Russia yesterday, none of the bombers was lost. It was the 20th operation using Soviet Unon bases of the Eastern Com- mand, U. S. Second Tactical Air Force, since American warplaneS first landed in Russia on June 2.
 Dispatch from Moscow said the crewmen reported the target was well covered with bombs and that fighter opposition was weak.
 Better Weather
 While the heavy bombers cons tinued the strategic campaign against German industry, particu- larly oil reserves. the weather over the French battlefields gave promise of permitting all-out aerial support for advancing infantry and tank columns.
 The daylight activity followed a sustained 24-hour offensive in which the Allies brought the weight of the combined aerial power from Britain and Italy against Germany and oc- cupied France.
 Following up one of the busiest days since the invasion in which 4.- 800 offensive air sorties were made, RAF heavy bombers during the night struck again at the German supply depot at Hazebrouck near the Belgian border. while Mosquito b0mbers hammered transport tar- gets behind the front and Mosquito intruders knocked down five enemy aircraft over the beachhead.
 The campaign to puncture Nazi oil reserves and drain the lifeblOod of the German army was continued during the night by mosquitos of the bomber command in raids on the synthetic oil plant at Castro Rauzel in the Ruhr. Other mosqui- toes harassed the German rali and industrial center of Cologne with tWo-ton blockbusters.
 Tactical medium bombers, includ- ing New Zealand, Australian and Polish squadrons. concentrated on transportation targets in the light Of nearly full moon and caught 20 trains, one of them almost in the Paris suburbs.
 D0wble Blow
 The Allies delivered a double blow yesterday at the Nazi submarine bases in France, with RAP Lancas. ter bombers hitting the pens at Lo- rient on the BFest Peninsula and Amerisan LiberatoTs and flying foTt- resses from Italy hammering those at Toulon,
 During the day, more than 1000 heavy bombeFs tanned out oyer Germany, including Berlin, to elj- max the Eighth Air Force shiggest week in history, Tn the seven days, British based fortFesses and libey- ators dropped an estimated 10000 tons of high explosives from the channel coast to the heart Of the Reich
 Heavy b0mbeTs from Italian bas- es also struck at the Nazi's dwind- ling fuel reserves yesterday in at- taekIng the Ploesu oilflelds and re- flneFles in the Bucharest area,
 It was disclosed, meantime, that 18th Ar Force bghtnings and mus tangs returned to Italy yesterday from the second all-fighteT plane shuttle mission to Russian bases and had stFafed rolling stock, rails gay stations, oils tanks and aiTv dF0mes coming and going,
 The eastern command tn Russla announced that the planes ln first phase of the shuttle Friday shot doown 20 enemy aircraft and de- stFoyed four others on the ground ct PoFshany, Roamnia,