The Detroit times., 1917-06-22
PLAN AIR
IN HvASI0N OF
GERMANY
French Flyer Tells How
Allies Can Garry
War To Kaiser
AMERICA MUST
Bl lid MACHINES
W ~ Then Open To
Berlin. Declares
Officer

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provided the National Dv-
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acs for De- aghtinS front by
and tor 10000 by August
Tea. Amacry ne la GRANGE. noted
F~vnca air ashtor today made this
Cess 3naticn ~ an interview given The
tr ea Press He emphasized with
y Ast Importance the allied general
sta-s regard Americas capabilities
ir ,u7uishing the AIR preponder.
Snce thsr ne IS convinced VIII
make possible shsttering OF the Teu-
con Battle lines
Nothing is impossible n We Arlies
- ard hold mastery ~ the air" De
IA Grange said Berlin is even
open 10 us Let America contribute
a. her biggest share toward re-estab-
llshment of democrscy the air pre-
poade-ance. as she can do. and then
indeed will German Divine Right
rulers cali for real peace instead
o, a pseudo peace
Put thru this proposed program
and YOU Americans viii have done
more 10 end the war with less cost
in money and lives than you could
40 Ia any one or AL OF a dozen
ways.
"Pu, thru this campaign and we
can destroy the great German muni-
uon works. the great mobilization
depots their great factories for pro-
ductious Of motor transport, and fly-
ing machines.
Put il thru and YOU Americans
sill make possible the destruction Of
those bases from which steal the
.nlrderous submarines Furnish. IN
5emocracys cause. the great air
squadrons and we hghung men VIII
make scrap heaps OF the great Ger
man naval bases The Kiel canal
will 5e made useless. II we hsye
sufficient machines
Germany has declared 'Verboteu
certain sea zones With complete
air supremacy we will declare for
hidden zones In German territory
say zone 100 miles behind the
lines We will give civilians ample
time 90 move away. Then with our
numerically superior air fighters we
can conduct superralds behind the
lines, over munitions plants. on
troop mobilization points and on ar
tlllery stations hat viii make IL im-
possible for the Germans 90 with.
stand any series Of attacks
But we must have foUr to ono
German machines 20 do this. Amer
ica can do H.
There are three major styles Of
raachines-the training machine. The
observation and the battle plane.
The arst IS the style machine Amer
ica first made and is now making. II
IS cheapest
"The observers machine, without
which effective artillerying or any
sort OF ground aghung is useless.
carries only small machine gun
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fts duty is 20 seek out enemy bat
reries. keep tab on enemy troor
movements. direct artillery Gre. Dur
,ng attacks 10 is only thru the OBJ
sarvation machine that the staff be-
mind our lines can tell how an A.
tack is progressing We need thou
sands more Of them They do ihci
talking 20 the ground hg wireless
they receive instructions via "a sor'
of wig wag system
"Bgt observation work BE- impos
-lhle without baftle planes
~ would be The battle planes
with which we would invade Ger
many We must have thousands and
thousands more of them 20 do 10 BJ
using TWO batde planes 10 protec
each observation plane Wo can save
the reconnaissance planes. bu' this
won't give us air supremacy
ITO set This supremacy We mus
put together great bombing squad
rons and send thom far into German
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