R.A.F. Bombers Attack trench Aircraft Works

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 52, 4 March 1944, Page 5

R.A.F. Bombers Attack trench Aircraft Works

Small Plane Losses In Raid on Stuttgart (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) Received Saturday, 1 a.m. LONDON, March 3. An Air Ministry communique states: “The Bomber Command planes last night attacked the aircraft assembly plant at Meulan Les Mureaux, a few miles northwest of Paris, also an aircraft factory at Alber in Northern France. The targets were clearly identified and the first reports indicate that the bombing was effective. Mosquitoes attacked objectives in Western Germany and other planes laid mines in enemy waters. None of our planes is missing.” The loss of only four bombers from the massed R.A.F. attacks on Germany last night is the smallest number on record fox a big-scale raid. More than 600 British bombers were out over Germany. The Press Association’s aviation correspondent says: This light loss may be due in no small degree to the recent heavy attacks against Germany’s fighter production and the obvious desire of the Nazis to conserve their remaining fighter strength for the coming invasion. Another great force ot Allied bombers from 3 Britain this morning again raided South-Western Germany. The Berlin radio said: The British and American forces are using planes on an unprecedented scale in their daylight offensive against the Continent, streams of enemy bombers coming in simultaneously from the west, north, and south in a bid to split the German defences. Meanwhile, Germany is steadily increasing the size of its bombing forces over London. The Press Association’s aviation correspondent says that at least 100 bombers were mustered for last night’s attack. The raid was more widespread than usual. The raiders which appeared over the London area seemed to bo more anxious to get away than to care where their bombs dropped. The main casualties were inflicted in a provincial town attacked by the bombers which failed to reach London. Many persons were killed or injured when a bomb burst on a crowded cinema.