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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Allied air forces continued heavy bombings on German targets including Rhineland, Bremen, Kiel, and Ruhr Valley. RAF lost one plane; USAAF lost 26 Flying Fortresses but destroyed many enemy fighters and inflicted heavy damage on naval centers. RAF also attacked Dutch convoy; Germans raided London.
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Many Enemy Fighter Planes Destroyed-
Attack Still On
(By Associated Press)
Royal Air Force objectives in the Rhineland and other parts of Germany were bombed heavily last night and the RAF laid mines in enemy waters as the virtually non-stop offensive from Britain was extended.
The specific targets were not named, nor was there any specific indication of the size of the raiding groups.
One British plane was lost, the Air Ministry said.
Formations of the big Blackbell bombers were heard passing over the channel last night, taking up the offensive where the U. S. bombers left off after Sunday daylight attacks on the German submarine plant nests at Bremen and Kiel.
Berlin Reports Raid
The Berlin radio reported British planes over the north and west sections of Germany but declared (Continued on Page Four)
NAZIS DOWN
26 FLYING
FORTRESSES
Many Enemy Fighter
Planes Destroyed-
Attack Still On
(Continued from Page One)
no bombs were dropped.
Meanwhile, RAF
Beaufighters
torpedoed two enemy supply ships
and damaged four
escort
vessels
in an attack on an
enemy convoy
off the Dutch
coast
last night.
At the same
time,
German night
raiders struck
back
in reprisal
causing an alert in London and
some damage.
The double-barreled attack yes-
terday by the Eighth U. S. Air
Force wrought new destruction on
the German naval building cen-
ters. The unescorted bombers also
downed a great number of enemy
fighter planes out of the strong-
est German interception force ever
encountered
The American raids were made at
the cost of 26 Fortresses, chiefly
around Kiel, but Brig. Gen. Fred-
erick Anderson who commanded
one wing of the operations, said
the "price was not too high for the
results achieved."
Heaviest Loss Yet
It was the heaviest toll ever suf-
fered by a single U. S. air force
in a raid in this theater. The pre-
vious high was 16 during the last
previous attack on Bremen, April
17.
The British lost 24 bombers in
their Saturday night raid on Bor-
hum and other targets in the in-
dustrial Ruhr Valley.
The Germans conceded heavy
damage was done in this attack as
five 4,000-pounders a minute poured
down on the chemical plants and
armament works. Afterwards, thou-
sands of incendiary bombs were
dumped on the ruins.
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Primary Location
Germany
Event Date
Sunday And Last Night
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Outcome
26 us flying fortresses lost, chiefly around kiel; one british plane lost; 24 british bombers lost in previous raid; many enemy fighter planes destroyed; two enemy supply ships torpedoed, four escort vessels damaged; heavy damage to german naval centers, chemical plants, and armament works
Event Details
RAF heavily bombed Rhineland and other German areas last night, laid mines in enemy waters; US Eighth Air Force conducted daylight attacks Sunday on submarine plants at Bremen and Kiel, unescorted bombers downed many enemy fighters; RAF Beaufighters torpedoed two enemy supply ships and damaged four escorts off Dutch coast; German night raiders caused alert and damage in London; heaviest US loss in theater at 26 Fortresses, but results deemed worthwhile; previous British raid on Borhum and Ruhr lost 24 bombers with conceded heavy damage from 4,000-pounders and incendiaries.