Show RAF Bombers Blast Munich unit War Industries LoNDON LONDON March 10 Brit Britain's f a Ins aln's biggest bombers took to theaIr the theair theair air Tuesday night to blast last Munich cradle of the nazi party and seat i of important war industries Inthe Inthe in inthe the twelfth R RAP A F assault upon the continent in 14 nights it was announced announced announced an an- Wednesday I Tuesday night aircraft of the bomber command made a heavy attack on Industrial objectives at at Munich a British air ministry said Other aircraft bombed targets in western Germany and laid mines in enemy waters Eleven of our aircraft are missing Taking the trail of the night bombers a heavy flow of R RA A F traffic continued across the channel channel channel chan chan- nel throughout the afternoon Indicating in indicating indicating In- In that German targets were taking a heavy pounding by day High flying fighters described mlles miles long long vapor trails across the chill skies sides toward the Cap Gris Nez Boulogne and Calais areas It was the second consecutive night stab of the R A F into southern southern southern south south- ern Germany The big British bombers made the mile 1300 round roundtrip roundtrip roundtrip trip raid to Munich after a heavy assault on Monday night in which Swiss press reports said the old center of that nazi party stamping ground was razed Tuesday nights night's attack In Munich was wu believed to have been at least as heavy The Germans In broadcasts early Wednesday admitted damage had been done In the Munich assa assault lt and complained that cultural places were damaged Munich Germanys Germany's fourth largest largest larg larg- est cat city besides being the site of the th nazi brown house and other nazi nul party headquarters buildings has important locomotive and car repair shops vital to Hitler's communications com com- a motor works engineering en engineering engineering en- en shops and other plants producing submarine and airplane en engines armored cars and tanks The beer cellar in which the nazi party was founded Js is in Mu Mu- nich nick Canadians who again participated participated participated stron strongly ly in the attack said the entire heart of Munich appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap to be one one big fire at atone one onetime onetime time with one explosion shooting flames nearly 2000 feet into the theair theair theair air and starting a column of fire Continued on P Pau gt Four C C Column lumn Three RAF Bombers Blast Munich War Industries Continued from Page Pace One visible for 60 miles mUes despite other big fires around it The flash lasted four or r five seconds and that's a long time said one of the Canadian pilots pilot The flash was so intense we could have read a newspaper in our kite and we were feet up said another Nazis Claim 12 Planes The German broadcast recorded record record- ed by the Associated Press said preliminary reports showed that 12 British planes had been downed indicating that the raid aid probably was carried out on a large scale A Vichy broadcast also heard by the Associated Press reported that R RAF A F planes were were over over northern northern north north- ern and western France Munich was last raided by theR the theR R RAF A F on the night of December 21 21 when numerous two ton block blockbusters blockbusters blockbusters busters and thousands of incendiaries incendiaries diaries were loosed on the city railhead for the shipment of war supplies to Italy and north Africa Twelve bombers were lost In that raid in which vast fires were reported reported re re- re ported started Planes participating in Tuesday nights night's foray started roaring across the channel shortly after dusk Residents on the British south coast reported the constant drone of eastbound planes was audible f for r more than thin 90 minutes The raid followed several late afternoon sweeps over over northern France by Spitfire squadrons Inthe in inthe inthe the course of which two enemy fighters were reported destroyed Mosquito bombers also attacked a railway center near Last Mai Mains s scoring hits on the main building a said One of the mosquitoes failed to return return- Nazis Raid Coast The first hint of night operations operations opera opera- over southern Germany came when alerts were reported in Bern Zurich and other Swiss cities shortly after 11 p. p m. m Radio stations stations stations sta sta- In Berlin Munich Leipzig Koenigsberg Paris and Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxem Luxem- bourg also went off the air German bombers caused some damage and several casualties early Tuesday night in the coastal districts of eastern and southern England but there was was little activity activity activity ac ac- It was authoritatively announced an announced ari- ari and arid one on enemy bomber was shot down into the sea A A. D broadcast N st from om Berlin BerUri said German bombers r raided Worthing on the c south English coast Tuesday and bombed Hulland Hull Hulland Hulland and other coastal towns Tuesday night Military installations were destroyed at Worthing the broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast said and fires started at Hull Antiaircraft gunners destroyed two of the enemy planes Tuesday the air ministry said |