Evening star., 1944-06-03
U. 5. Heavy Bombers
Hit Calais, Bou|ogne
Areas in Two Raids
BY the Associated Press.


NDON, June 3.-Heavy
bombers struck at Nazi coastal
Notifications in the Pas-de-
Calais and Boulogne areas Of
France today, carrying on the
non stop aerial assault of Eu-
rope now under intensified pres
sure after the shuttle raid to
Russian bases.
Flying two missions from Britain
for the second day, a force of $50
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
with equally strong escort hit coastal
emplacements in the morning. and
similar fleets roared back In the
afternoon to the same area.
These West Wall Notifications
were hit yesterday in their heaviest
daylight pounding of the war, and
500 Raj bombers attacked the West
Wall defenses and crumbling Ger
man rail facilities last night.
The daylight attacks sent the air
offensive into its 18th day.
1,500 Tons Dropped Today.
Today's raiders hurled probably
100 tons of explosives on this At
lantic Wall section-for a total Of
about $500 tons dropped in the last
"a hours on this area closest to
Britain.
| The night blows climaxed a day
which saw the Allied air forces ex.
pand their pincers campaign against
| the continent to a three-way aerial
stranglehold from Britain, the Medi-
terranean and Russia.
Rounding of a day which brought
an epochal shuttle raid by American
bombers to new Russian bases and
two heavy bomber attacks on France
from Britain by daylight, the Raj
night bomber fleet dealt a quick
follow-up drubbing to German de-
fenses along the Channel coast and
again attacked the great Trappes
railway yards on the outskirts Of
Paris.
A side force of RAF Mosquitoes at
tackled the chemical center of Lever
kusen in Germany near Cologne, q
frequent target of recent attacks,
and other formations laid mines in
enemy waters.
British Lose II Planes.
Seventeen British planes were
missing from the night operations
and at least seven German fighters
were shot down, the Air Ministry
announced.
Allied bombers based In italy at
tackled objectives at Giurgiu, a Ro-
manian city on the Danube River,
last night. Planes of the Mediter-
ranean Allied Air Force flew 2,700
sorties yesterday.
Giurgiu Is Romania's most i'm.
portant river port for the shipment
OF oil from the PloestI fields. The
town has storage tanks, quays and
shipyards stretching for miles along
the river and pipe line connects
the port with the Oil fields.
| Exclusive of the night attacks a
total OF more than 5000 Allied
/ planes participated In the massive
ltwo-way assaults yesterday, dropping
nearly 1000 tons Of explosives.
/ France Hit Twice.
/ American Flying Fortresses and
Liberators, with their fighter escorts,
bored into France twice yesterday,
making the first attack against the
invasion coast of Pas de Calais and
the second against variety of
targets, west and southwest Of Paris.
The shuttle raid on Romania yes
terday, made by Flying Fortresses
and escorting Mustangs which land
ed in Russia, was given a big play
IN London newspapers today.
Karl zepplin, German air cor
respondent, concluded In a Berlin
broadcast that the British and
American Air Forces have reached
a climax in the air war over the
continent during the past month
as far as numbers and intensity of
the attacks was concerned.