The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-22
Berlin Raked
In 30th Raid
By Mosquitoes
Germans Report lmpend-
ing Airborne Invasion
Over Rhine

LONDON, Thursday, March az
tp,-RAF Mosquito blockbusted
Berlin last night for the 30th con-
secutive night after more than T.
NNO Allied planes in the wars great
est coordinated effort spread about
1900 tons of explosives over the
Reich yesterday.
As the Allied aerial offensive
mounted in fury, the German radio
reported the Nazi High Command
expected Allied airborne landings
at any hour now'' in the Runr
east Of the Rhine.
The awesome armada attacking
The Reich yesterday included near
$4,000 heavy bombers. Huge fleets
Of Britain based American heavies
and their fighters concentra-
ted on II air fields in northwestern
Germany.
These were mainly in the Muens-
fer area, opposite Field Marshal
Montgomery's Rhine front. Medium
and light bombers and 10 fighters
were missing from yesterdays op-
erahons but claimed IL enemy
plane-all jets-were destroyed in
the air and an additional 43 and six
elders were destroyed on the
ground.
The 1eth Tactical Air Force des-
troyed six more enemy planes, in
Guiding one jet, in the air but did
rot announce its losses immediate
". This group found picking lean
in comparison to yesterday when
its planes literally slaughtered the
disorganized, running German.
ltaly-based American Liberators
dubbed the Neuberg airdrome, a
jet.plane base so miles north of
Munich, while Fortresses from the
south hammered Kagran and Voc
dot, natural oil refineries in the
Vienna area.
The U. S. Ninth Air Force flew
at least 2,10O sorties-1,803 by
fighter bombers-and shot up g.
I'll railcars, motor truck, loco
motives. arnored vehicles and
tanks. Seven German interceptors
were destroyed on the air and two
On the ground and eight of the
Nnth's planes were lost.
Local rains held the First Tao
teal Air Forces French-American
uuadrons to 500 trips but the Raj
Second TAT, in sorties by hum
dreds of planes, dug into enemy
concentration and traffic in the
Ruhr vicinity and Holland.
Modified Lancasters, carrying IL
ton volcano bombs, escorted by
fighters, attacked an oil refinery
at Bremen and destroyed rail-
bridge across the Weser river near
Bremen.
Mixed in with the days over
Whelming attack on the Rich, Mos
qultos OF the Tactical Air Forces,
IN daring low-level attack, des-
lEoyed virtually every building at
1estapo headquarters in Copenha-
gen, DAMS capital, during the
morning.
Some 1900 Flying Fortresses and
Llberators escorted by 600 fighters
ripped nine airdrome during the
morning, Col. Ramsey Potts, Mem
PMS, Tenn, 28-year-old director of
o'moers on the Eighth Air Force
..laff, said the attacks were "coun-
"fmeasures to put a crinp In the
recently accelerated activity OF the
JET plane against both our air and
ground forces"
At least 40 enemy planes were
destroyed in the bombing and STRAIT
Ing attacks.
Late in the afternoon 100 Lib
orators attacked two other air
neioS IN the Muenster area in the
nope mop. OF wiping out enemy planes
aomlng in'' after after being I'M
sole to land on the fields hit
earlier.
IN coocdinated operations against
ne Jets, Liberators of the 18th Air
a. nofce flying up from Italy bombed
me Neuhurg air field, a jet-pro-
peneo aircraft base so miles north
OF Munich
Flying Fortresses of the 18th
s.uck natural oil refineries at Ka-
gran and Vosendorf in the Vienna
t area Where gasoline and lubrica-
1 ing oils for German divisions on
s sie southeastern front are produc-
Oher Allied planes based in Italy
naVlered the Bremen Pass railline,
,1b'Idckln2 railyards at Brennero in
NE pass.
one hundred Fortresses and Lib
~''o1 escorted by 100 Mutang
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