Show I I Allied Bombers Raid Airports I Adjoining Rome LONDON Dec tec 2 29 UP P Allied medium nedium bombers peppered airfields airfields airfields air air- fields near Rome Tuesday anc and andI I nazi propagandists sought Wedi Wednesday Wed Wed- i to picture the operation as az an ai attack on the capital itself i A from allied headquarters headquarter at Algiers confirmed I the bombings Wednesday Earlier I enemy radio stations were on the theair theair I air with wild-eyed wild d descriptions of I how heavy bombs bombs' shattered the outskirts of Rome causing damage damage damage dam dam- age and casualties in residential quarters The Paris radio broadcast that bombs fell on Garbatella about 1 4 miles east of the Vatican City and close enough for tor the pope to see gee ee the raid The official report from allied headquarters however said aid that the bombers had attacked the hangars buildings and dispersal areas of the airfield at Ciampino south of ot Rome and accurately blasted the airdrome east of ot the city Allied planes based ad in England also began winging into action again after a Christmas lull Twin Mosquito bombers struck at western Germany Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day night and Typhoon bombers hit the rocket gun coast northera northern northern north north- ern era Prance France Both missions were carried out without loss In addition fighters swept over enemy territory in daylight destroying destroying de de- de- de a German plane and losing losing los los- ing on one of ot their own The raid on the airfields outside Rome Home was the ninth ninO reported Inthe in inthe inthe the area of the Italian capital al although although al al- though Rome itself has hu not been bombed by the allies since A August gust |