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'Bombs' Steel Center
In Imaginary Flight
^Briefed' at Army Air Forces' School for Raid
On Yawata; Follows Course Over
Huge, Realistic Map.
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst mnd Commentator.
WNC Service, Union Trait Building,
Washington, D. C.
How would you like to bomb the
Yawata iteel works in a flying for
tress?
I did it without moving from my
classroom seat in Orlando, Fla., in
one of the courses I attended at the
army air force school of applied tac
tics. It is part of the "post gradu
ate" instruction of the high officers
of the army and it really is a realis
tic "briefing." When I had finished
that demonstration, as it is called,
I actually felt as if I had been on
that bombing mission which started
at an unnamed base In China and
flew straight to a target, which Is as
clearly pictured in my mind as if I
had made the trip.
I'll try to reenact it for you.
First, imagine a great map
stretching across the room in which
you are sitting with two black lines
on it. The lower line runs, with S
few slight deviations, straight to
the target in Japan. Then there is a
short leg running north and the sec
ond line, a little above the other,
running back to the base. This is the
course we took.
"Now, men," says the officer
standing with a pointer in his hand,
"you are going to bomb the steel
works at Yawata. Daylight precision
bombing and naturally you'll meet a
little more opposition. But you know
the importance of steel. I don't need
to talk about that. You have been
selected for your record last time.
Keep up that record.
"As you know this is the first
time for the new stagger formation.
You've practiced it. I won't go into
that. We have Just 49 minutes to
check the whole plan. We start at
880 and the first ship goes down i
the runwav at 700."
(Military clock* theoretically run
24 hour*. If the number ia above 12,
aubtract 12. For lnatance 1630 ia
4:30 in the afternoon?1630 minua
12 equal* 4:30.)
Then came aome direction* about
"aaaembly" (where thia group Join*
the formation) which I won't go into
here aince apace ian't adequate, but
anyhow the aaaembly point i*
jChengtu.
Level Off ^
For Bomb Ran
"We must be at Chengtu at 800.
Climb at 190 miles an hour to this
point here (the pointer taps the
map) ... to 1,600 feet and level off.
200 miles per hour . . . thia junc
tion (another tap) 940; then swing
on course . . , 91 degrees . . .
(the pointer swishes out along the
black line) to the coast.
"Here is your second climb . , .
1212 ... 190 miles per hour . . .
300 feet a minute ... to bombing
altitude, at check point of island at
1243 (the pointer touches a little
ialand oft the Jap coast) ... it will
look like an inverted pyramid . . .
then level off to the IP." (That is
the point of entry which must be
definitely established, for the flight
from there an is directly to the tar
get and careful synchronization
with the other planes must be
J. \
fMOTil
"Show a yellow-yellow flare ao
we'll know you've reached the IP
... If dark, toggle four-and-a-half
over the bomb run, then to the
rally point, 14 miles north of target.
"If you are crippled going over
the target, try to cut short your
turn. . . ."
I'll explain that: you see normal
ly the planes would go north from
the target and then turn at a right
angle to the assembly point. Then
another right angle back toward
home, ao If a plane had been hit
and couldn't last long, it must try to
catch up erith the others and make
known Its condition. If the plane
lags behind, it may be located by
the group leader who will make con
tinuous s-turns, looping back, trying
to locate any stragglers. Mean
while (aa I forgot to explain) there
Is a friendly submarine loafing
somewhere within radio call for two
purposes. First, to try to locate
any plane that has been forced down
Into the water; second, to pick up
Information concerning any enemy
ships srhich the planes may have
spotted so the sub can go over and
take a poke at them.
I cannot In this space give you a
fraction of the detail of this brief
tag, which pointed out on the map
every hazard, every advantage, ev
ery varying condition. Special areaa
were blown up in large size: as a
lake serving as a landmark where
the planes start their ocean lump,
a peculiarly shaped river where
they reach land again. Sketches are
furnished by meteorologists, show
tag just the types of clouds they
will encounter, some "full of rocks"
(covering mountain peaks) which
are to be avoided.
The known location and number
of enemy lighter planes is marked,
as are the antiaircraft guns, and the
temperature and the wind velocity
at various levels.
Target's There,
Then Cone
As to the target Itself, large
scale aerial pictures were shown
which looked very much as the
actual terrain would look to the pilot
and bombardier. Also, a map of
the whole city. Then a map of the
target area, then photos of the tar
get area, taken from an angle, as
it will look when the plane ap
proaches it from a distance, and
another as it will look when It is
directly below?the important mo
ment.
That last statement directly tie
low" la misleading, as I found out.
What you see when you look through
the glass walls of the bomber's
"nose" and what you see when you
look through the bombsight are two
quite different pictures. What you
see when you look through the
bombsight Is the area (far ahead of
where your plane is) upon which
the bomb will hit if released at that
precise instant. Naturally, at the
speed at which a plane travels, the
inertia of the bombs carries them
far ahead as they fall.
This is disconcerting to the lay
man. I looked through the glass of
the nose and picked me out a little
Florida lake upon which I decided
to drop my imaginary bomb. Then
I looked into the sight and there was
no lake there I Too late! If I had
released my bombs then, they
would have hit far beyond the dis
tant shore although the plane
hadn't even reached the near shore,
yet.
But to return to my synthetic
flight. I find it impossible to recount
it with half the realism with which
it was presented to me as my eyes
followed that moving pointer from
base to assembly point to "bomb
line" (where the planes cross into
enemy occupied terrain) on to the
target Itself, with the looping tracks
that bounded it and then back, north
and west again, over water and
land, lake and mountain, on the long
trek home.
After the briefing was finished
four men in uniform took seats on
the platform. They were men with
stars on their service ribbons and
soma purple hearts, too. Men of
many muHoas jun men aa uie one
described, or they would not have
been choaen at instructors in this
post graduate university of the air.
And they acted out with startling
conviction the briefing of a returned
crew. One, his nerves on razor edge
from what he had gone through, an
other a little dazed, as if he had had
a few drinks too many, another sol
emn, wide-eyed, another Jumpy, lo
quacious, controversial, all true-to
life types, we are told.
Carefully and tactfully the officer
checked their conflicting statements
until finally all were molded into
a reasonable and rational report.
"How many enemy fighters . . .
here?"
"Oh, SO, easy," said the Jumpy
one.
"How many do you say?" (to the
fellow in the half-daze).
"Wen. a lot of 'em, I didn't
count"
"Enough anyhow. And you didn't
warn us about the others here,"
says the slap-happy one as he Jumps
up and Jabs the map.
Finally it settles down to about SO.
This estimate will be checked as
other crews are checked, and
an accurate estimate is obtained.
The same careful and studied analy
sis of data on troop concentrations
observed, movements along high
ways, convoys, new landing strips,
as wen as the damage done to the
target.
BARBS ... fey Baukhag?
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The "work or else" bill bogged
down hi tho aenate. Perhaps be
^0* aenate is already over
-
sea
' On January 8, General Yamaahita
?aid: "Japanese forces are ready
to Jaalinji the enemy with one stroke
at ?? ?
Some French banks hold th?
phoney German "reichmarks" as
part of their assets. Well, It might
help the paper shortage anyhow.
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They are talking of using silver
to make ball bearings tor automo
biles. They ought to go pretty well
with some of the guilded youth It
than are any left over whan the war
prosperity ends.
When 4Big Three* Wrote History
Center, i view of the palace in Yalta, Russian Crimea, where Presi
dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin held their
latest conference. Lower, shows the conference in session with the
"Bis Three" and their advisers. Upper, the "Bit Three" during the
Crimea conference which resulted in the writing of future world's history.
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Liberator Views Hospital Ruins
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur looks over the rains that
onee eonstitnted the hospital on Clark field, Luzon, Philippines. The
hospital was completely wrecked by retreating; Japs. The general stated
that It was one of the worst eases of destruction he had ever seen, and
he has seen some of the worst of two world wars.
Gas Pipelines Laid in France
A pumping station, one of many act op aloof the pipeline carrying
vital fuel ail in France. Upper photo shows station carefully camouflaged
against air observation. Lower left, sUp-to-ahore line for onloading petro
leum front ships. Lower right, American engineers bars laid thla gasoline
pipeline in France, Its miles inland.
Must Go Down to the Sea Again
A typical hardy tusiiurlsmu, left, wbe will match his skill mad
etreagfh araiast the uneooqurrtble mm. Be Is tfaewn am lookout. Rifht,
Oemstfamrdsmaa Carl p. Martin, Beatea, 111., an aimpped ap to as am a
?pray rea ea eh^a mpcrateactare srhile^stin ml eem. Kepair work ant
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Welcome Liberators
Filipino guerrillas march in the
streets of San Fernando, after the
town had been liberated by the vic
torious American forces. They shout
"V for Victory" and "Welcome,
Americans" as they carry the Stars
and Stripes aloft during parade.
Saves Dog ip Drain
Police Officer George Spriggs of
San Marino, Calif., lifts "Jiggs" and
his owner, Richard Nelson, 6, out
of storm drain after boy had spent
three hoars In it with the dog, which
had fallen in. A neighbor saw the
pair and called for aid.
Tilden Plays Again
"Big Bill" Tilden, known to tennis
fans for his powerful overhead
smash, goes for a high one as he
practices for his match to be held at
the 71st regiment armory, New York
City, for the benefit of the "Gros
singer Canteen by Mail."
Baseball's Magnate
Jordan Lewis, Id, who, as owner
of one share of Chicare Cobs' stock,
attends* Us Brst stockholders' meet
ta( aad faoo some very detnite
I ideas oa haw to ran a leacne etab.
Washington, D. C.
GERMAN UNDERGROUND
SEETHES
According to uncensored din
patches now reaching Washington,
active guerrilla warfare is flaring
up on a mounting scale behind the
German lines.
First real indication of an active
Fifth column in Germany came re
cently with accurate reports of
pitched battles inside Berlin, Bres
lau and Bremen. This new guerrilla
warfare differs from that of parti
san units inside France, Yugoslavia
and Greece in that few of the guer
rilla troops are Germans. The bulk
are Frenchmen and Russians who
were captured earlier in the war
and have been used as slave labor
in the reich.
All of these workers were
carefully guarded by Hlmmler
until recently. Most lived in big
cities and worked in large in
dustrial plants. In Berlin for
example, hundreds of thousands
of slave laborers have been
housed in fenced off temporary
barracks in the heart of the city.
But recent powerful allied air
raids have created such chaos
that thousands of foreign work
ers eseaped from their ,en
closures and have hidden In the
bomb ruins.
At night, the guerrillas prowl the
streets, capture Nazi sentries, steal
food and ammunition, commit ex
tensive sabotage. They have been
joined by some German army de
serters, afraid to return to the front,
advices say.
Once Berlin is taken It is expected
that the several million slave labor
ers will flare into such revolt that
Germany?except in the mountain
ous south?will cave like an egg
shell.
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OVER-AGE SERVICEMEN
Greatest hardship on men in the
army probably is with enlisted men
oyer 38, now too old to become offi
cers but who can't resign as officers
can.
Typical case ol how this hard
ship works is that of Cpl. Alexander
C. Sioris, age 45, who has served in
the army three years, most of the
time overseas. Corporal Sioris is
not only a college graduate, but
holds a doctor's degree. Twice he
was recommended for officers'
training school, but each time his
unit moved overseas and he had to
sail with his unit. Now he is too old
to be commissioned, too old for com
bat, yet under present army rules
must be kept on?doing menial jobs.
There are thousands of similar
cases. What the army needs is a
good overhauling of its manpower,
especially older men who have been
in the army a long time.
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NEW MANPOWER PROGRAM
War Manpower Commission
Director Paul MeNutt may put a
new program into effect very
soon in all light labor areas. This
would limit employers in non
essential or less essential indus
tries to a certain percentage of
the number of workers they em
ployed last year. This ceiling-em
ployee program has already been
tried out in Chicago and proven
successful.
Chicago employers in non
essential and less essential in
dustries will be required to cut
the number of employees on the
payroll 18 per cent by March 15.
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SECRET RED WEAPONS
The Russians are way ahead of
both the United States and Great
Britain in the use of rocket guns,
have employed them with devas
tating effect in the lightning drive
through Poland, and particularly
in the offensive against the Nazis
in East Prussia.
One new and very important
weapon which Stalin unveiled in the
new drive is the 100-ton tank named
after himself. The Stalin tank is
superior to the German royal tiger
tank, and our own Sherman heavy
tank. It carries a 4.8-inch gun as
against the 8-inch gun carried on our
Sherman. So long as the ground re
mains hard, the Stalin tank is capa
ble of resisting any but the largest
point-blank German shells. On the
other hand, the mobile gun on the
Stalin tank can pierce most of the
German secondary fortifications so
far encountered by the Russians, it
is said.
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WAR NOTES
4 Germans are already trying to
escape from the threatened Nazi
homeland. Reports from Lisbon,
Madrid, Stockholm and Berne re
veal hundreds of Germans trying to
crash the frontier to get out of Ger
many before the Allies take over.
?. FDR still hasn't decided who ha
will name as high commissioner of
the Philippines. WMC Director Paul
McNutt and Supreme Court Justice
Frank Murphy both are ready to
go. If Murphy takes it, Roosevelt
will nominate Judge Sam Rosen
man to the Supreme court.
C A significant new Slav treaty is
now being negotiated. It will bind
together the Czechoslovak govern
ment and the Lublin-Polish govern
ment in the first step toward the
creation of an eastern European
Slavic alliance ? naturally with
Moscow's blessing.
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High-Priced Timber
A South African wood, known
curiously as "stinkwood," highly
prized because it permits a beau
tiful walnut-like finish to furniture
and other articles made of it, is
the highest priced timber in the
world. To preserve the trees the
government has closed the forest
where they grow for 200 yearn, _
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Creomulslan relieves promptly to
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