Show Yanks Bomb Berlin to End Lull LullI I Of Five Days in Aerial War i J j i By fly y GladwIn Hill LONDON May 19 UP Ami UP Am ri- ri can ean Fortresses and Liberators arid and aridi i 1 1 fighter tighter escorts described officially as a strong force and probably numbering up to 1500 plants planes re- re the allied aC aeris aeri l i offensive i after ter a five-day five lapse Friday and struck at targets in the Berlin and Brunswick areas The attack coming less than 24 hours after General Henry H. H Arnold chief of the United States army air forces had declared Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many had not yet seen the full weight of at allied air power precipitated precipitated a running air battle right across a r German m r n tn to th the sky J V over n r P 1 Y the German capital German broadcasts indicated The ensuing bombardment the bombardment the United States strategic air forces force's tenth attack on the nazi hub and the third on the capital this month was was so heavy that it disrupted German news broadcasts From the R RAF A F and the theU theU theUS U US S AA A-A F Berlin BerUn has taken about tons of bombs up to Friday Channel observers said the parade parade parade pa pa- rade of ot aircraft setting out for fori i f the continent Friday was the biggest biggest big big- gest seen during the war r While the American heavies were smashing at Berlin and Brunswick small formations of allied expeditionary air force and andR andR R RAF A F Mosquitos Typhoons and I fighter bombers attacked unspecified I fied objectives in northern France Friday morning taking advantage of clear skies to press home the attack Tracing the trie progress of or the aerial invaders the German broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts said the bombers swept over the German border crossed the much-bombed much H Handover Hannover ann 0 v e rand and Brunswick areas to Brandenburg In in the Berlin area area and and finally appeared over the German capital itself The American heavies last hit Berlin on May 7 and May S 8 S. The TheR R A F's Mosquitos worked the thc city over on Tuesday night It was the first sign of major air activity from Britain in six days but allied heavy bombers last Sunday smashed at enemy targets targets targets tar tar- gets from the Mediterranean on the concluding c day of a a. historic day 30 record offensive As the high altitude armada swept across Europe Europa the Vic Vichy y radio said another air assault on northern France and Belgium Belgium-a a likely resumption of the attack on the enemy's railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads and airfields was aIrfields was under way The Germans said heavy air battles battles battles bat bat- were being fought o ns as the Americans pierced Berlins Berlin's defenses defenses defenses de de- de- de and indicated that the center center center cen cen- ter of battle was over where the heavies bombed railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road yards last Saturday In the concluding strike from Britain in inthe inthe inthe the month long offensive The Mediterranean army air force which was diverted from the coordinated south north-south offensIve offensive offensive of of- a week ago for close support support support sup sup- port of allied armies in the new Italian drive broke the lull on its end Thursday with ith a triple attack on Belgrade and Nis There was sll slight ht enemy activity over northern Scotland Thursday night but no bombs were ere dropped the air ministry said In another l leap frog OR invasion NEW similar to the GUINEA landing at ADMIRALTY IS 4 Hollandia s 37 lt NEW i Yank troops o d have y 0 IRELAND gone ashore on ons s f r a aul island more than miles up the Madan New Guinea NSW NEW coastline from I BRITAIN Hollandia is the site of an important air base M Port J t c f F ti AUSTRALIA J if 0 H of 0 J j t. t STATUTE MILES |