Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Yank Bombers
Blast AirfieIds
In France Again
Day Attack Follows
Night Raid by Raj
On Ruhr Targets
BY the Associated Press,

On kuhr urgets
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Mar. 28.-Between
$50 and 500 American heavy
bombers struck at German air
fields in France again today.
The bombers attacked installa-
tons at Chartres, Chateaudun,
Reims and Dion in a follow-up to
yesterdays blows at nine German
air bases and the Tours freight
yards by $50 to 1000 bombers.
The daylight force was composed
of Flying Fortresses escorted by
Thunderbolt and Mustang fighters.
1t was the second day in a row
that Chartres-one of the final
training bases for Nazi fighters-had
been hit. 1t also was the 22d time
this month that the 9th Air Force
has conducted major operation.
All Targets in Northern France.
All the targets were in Northern
France. Charities is 40 miles south
west of Paris, Chateaudun 10 miles
southwest OF Paris. Reims 80 miles
northeast of Paris and Dion is
about 100 miles southeast of the
capital.
The first group Of fighters return
ing said the task force which went
to Reims encountered little fax and
no enemy fighter opposition, al
though the sky was ideal for aerial
combat.
Hard-hitting Mosquito bombers
spread new destruction last night
through the Ruhr Valley, where the
RATS heavy bomber fleet had dealt
a devastating blow to the German
armament industry "a hours earlier
by dropping 2,24o tons of bombs on
Essen.
Goth Foray of Month.
1t was the Mosquitoes Goth night
foray this month in a campaign
against previously battered indus
trial centers which obviously is in
tended to discourage reconstruction
operations.
The Air Ministry said all planes
had returned from the overnight
raids, the specific detectives of which
were not disclosed.
German planes sharply attacked
England and Wales last night, with
West England bearing the brunt of
the assault. London itself was not
bombed, and the German radio said
Bristol, big west coast port, was the
enemy's chief target.
Americans Raid France.
The series of American raids on
France yesterday extended almost to
the Spanish border.
Accompanying SWarms of fighters,
perhaps as many as 1000, were
credited officially with DESTROYING
SO Nazi planes, most of them on
the ground, since few German air
craft rose to intercept the attackers.
Four other fighters fell to bomber
|gunners, for days total of AZ. Six
American bombers and 10 fighters
were missing, a supplemental COM
munique said today. Five fighters
previously listed as lost were found
to be safe.
Station Wrecked.
The detectives of the bombers in
cluded Charities, La Rochelle, st.
Jean D'Angely, Pau, Biarritz, Cazaux,
Mordeaux, Mont de Marsan and
Tours.
An Associated Press dispatch from
the Spanish border town of Irun
quoted Frenchmen who reached
the frontier as saying the station
at Biarritz, where the great south
ern line from the Mediterranean
joins the northbound line to Bor-
deaux and Paris, was nearly de-
stroyed. One of the. travellers said
30 planes took part in the attack
and that the German military air.
drome outside the city also was
heavily hit"
The Irun dispatch said an Amer
lean four-engined bomber crashed
in flames near Bilbao, Spain, last
night, but the 10 crew members
parachuted safely.
Nazis Lose IL Planes,
In last nights raids the German
Air Force made one of it's heaviest
attacks on British tragets exclusive
OF London in the last two years. The
assault cost the Nazis II planes.
Some casualties and considerable
damage was caused and the Nazis
played up the raid as great victory
British night fighters fought fur
lous running battles with the raiders
and ground batteries put up a heavy
barrage. One anti-aircraft shell
crashed through the roof of a build
ing in Wales, killing eight persons
and injuring Is others seriously.
The raids touched off alerts in
some sections of London, but nc
bombs were dropped on the capital