Show 1 Yank Bombers HilJ Hit HU I J Czech Reich i Synthetic Oil Units I LONDON Ma May Mar 12 jj pP UP-Am UP P Amer American ric r- r ic lean ican n heavy bombers attacked four major synthetic Uc oil plants in the c Leipzig g area of Germany y and oneat oneat one oneat at Brux rux Inside old Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia hoslo- hoslo Friday Friday in the mounting car campaign n to paralyze the German war war machine ahead of the western western west west- em ern f invasion v sion A great armada of nearly 2000 Flying Fortresses Liberators and escorting fighters carri carried d out the stunning blow ag against the very heart of Hitler's m mobile fighting force lorce and according to running Berlin radio accounts battled the German air force all the way across Germany to reach their targets Oil plants attacked Inside Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many included the big Leuna oil plant at Merseburg 18 miles west of Leipzig another at Lutzken- Lutzken dorf 14 11 miles mlles south of Halle and andone andone andone one at Bohl Bohlen n just outside Leipzig Leipzig Leip Leip- z zig g and l Heavy eavy Flak First bomber crews back from Germany said they ran ran into heavy flak flat but contrary to the claims of ot German broadcasts saw few enemy fighters Airmen who bombed the Lutzen- Lutzen dorf don plant which plant which produced an estimated estimated estimated es es- es- es tons of ot synthetic oil annually said annually said that visibility was perfect and they bombed visually American medium bombers got in the days day's first assaults with attacks on air fields and other Installations in installations installations in- in m in northern France and channel coast residents were witnessing witnessing witnessing wit wit- one of the most impressive impressive impressive sive displays of allied aerial might ever eyer seen as an unending cavalcade cavalcade cavalcade caval caval- cade of lighter bombers and fighters fight fight- ers raced back and forth to the continent all aU morning Rock Br British Side All AU Folkestone on the English side rocked to some of ot the heaviest heaviest iest lest explosions explosions' of the tho war war touched off on on the French coast Boulogne strategic point on the invasion coast of ot France re received received re- re ed cei the major share of theR the theR R It A F's predawn load of some 2240 bombs while other explosives were loosed on rail yards in the historic city of Louvain in hi Belgium The R RA RAF A F hit those and other targets at the cost of ot 16 planes Altogether some 35 vital rail raU yards and at least that many other German defense targets have been bombed during the last 48 hours during which probably bly offensive of ot- sorties have been flown and between and tons of of explosives explosive dropped on Europe Continued on Pate Page Two Column Seven Yank Bombers Hit Five Oil Plc Pk- In Germany Czechoslovakia Continued from Page POK Palte One by sky armadas striking from both l Italy and Britain I The R RAF's A F's night a attack tack may maywell maywell maywell well have been the biggest In its new west wall walt campaign Endless Stream English channel chann l coast observers r reported e p o 0 r t e d that allied planes streamed across the channel during during dur dur- during ing the morning in an almost endless endless endless end end- less procession and that the brief brIer silence nce between contingents n now now- w was more impressive than the al almost almost almost al- al most uninterrupted roar The daylight operations operation carried on the campaign which in the prevIous previous previous pre pre- 2 24 hours saw 20 railroad centers of the vital nazi transportation transportation transportation tation system bombed by py y some ome tons of explosives dropped from 1000 warplanes The German radio reported that strong enemy bomber formations formations formations forma forma- were over western Germany at noon and approaching southwestern southwestern southwestern south south- western Germany At noon channel observers rs reported re re- ported terrific crashes again being being being be be- ing felt from France Erratic Firing People ar are are keeping all of their doors and windows open to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent their being broken because the th-c vibrations are arc so heavy one observer said adding that so many planes are going out and coming back that hat the he sky u bin bing g with the pounding 1 g of af engines v Describing the assault 1 on logne one one R A F pU pilot t aal first bombs hit t so 80 the city's b antiaircraft tt batik b we were rc disrupted and fired e errit ly through the clouds of ot and and dust rolling ronIng up from the ti lilt cc ed eC rail yards We were about 10 mile miler 1 3 r Boulogne when the K whole denly was Illuminated k rJ Y flash lash by bv A another pilot S aal said A t seconds later everything w viII again After we bombed arid Nd on our way back there W other similar flash in IndIc dint t some kind 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