Show R A F Forces Fill Skies ies Over Nazis Nazis' France I LONDON Aug 27 INS Vir INS Vir-f Vir filling th the sky over Britain's Britain's Brit Brit- ains ain's southeast coast with planes the R n A F Wednesday launched one of its greatest sweeps of the war against occupied nazi-occupied France Franc The sensational daylight raids followed a night of intense R RAF A F activity in which the occupied area was heavily hammered and targets targets targets tar tar- gets at the industrial city of Cologne Cologne Cologne Co Co- Co- Co logne and other regions of western western west west- ern era Germany took a severe pound pound- ing British authorities said 10 German German German Ger Ger- man fighters were destroyed in the morning sweeps and that eight British planes were lost An air ministry I stated that Tuesday nights night's operations operations operations op op- op- op were on a somewhat larger scale than of late and that industrial areas of Cologne were heavily bombed In addition the said successful r attacks were made on the docks at the nazi-held nazi French ports of Le Havre and Boulogne on off offensive night pa pa- troIs attacked airdromes In northern northern north north- em ern France in the night nigh t the air ministry said adding that three British bombers are missing Shortly after sunrise the new daylight offensive began Formations of British planes planes- fighters and bombers roared across the southeast coast toward France a and n d thereafter shuttled back and forth across the English channel in continuous streams German raiders were active over Britain but the air ministry announced announced announced an an- that the nazi attacks were slight A A. few bombs dropped on widely separated points caused a afew afew afew few casualties but no substantial damage according to the official The British night raid on the channel coast of France proved a spectacular show Watchers on the Kent coast of England saw the French shoreline illuminated by searchlight beams antiaircraft fire and bomb explosions The B British r i t i S h raids appeared concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- chiefly on on Boulogne and Calais S I |