Fortresses blast Munich railyards
RAF pounds Berlin six times in night
LONDON, England (UP) – Over 300 Flying Fortresses smashed rail and airfield targets in the Munich area today following a night-long RAF assault on besieged Berlin.
A U.S. communiqué said the heavy bombers were escorted by about 400 P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts in attacks on railyard facilities at Munich and Ingolstadt and the airfield at Landsberg 30 miles west of Munich.
British Mosquitoes raided Berlin six times during the night, dropping block-busters and other bombs into the fires raging through the Nazi capital.
German airfields also were attacked by British planes during the night. All planes returned safely.
An American announcement revealed that U.S. bombers had dropped 25,693 tons of explosives on Berlin since the opening of the daylight air offensive against the capital March 4, 1944.
A secret source with access to details of damage to aircraft industry plants in Berlin reported to the Allies that by April 25, 1944, alone, the Eighth Air Force and RAF had reduced overall production by at least 40 percent.