Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-29
London Bombed
TUice by Raiders

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ana n half miles n minute, I'm pitrhrd
\ pauies With great numbers of machines
on each side, systematic allied raidinc
( OF Germany's great munition-makiug
ceh'ers, hitherto almost immune, and
senorally double tho air activity Of the
iast ycar--those are some of tho things
rrcnoh Cnder-Lieutonant. now Major in
the American army, Raoul Lufborry. OF
Wallingford. Conn, sees for tho coming
twelve months in tho air. lilo docs
moi believe the aircraft will finish the
war. Wv
! Heavy euna and trained men will
put the finishing touches to It." he
declated. But aviation I'm all its
branches will undoubtedly play its big
role and certainly on n larger role than
ever before during tho coming year.
Personally don't look for any startling
new inventions. We will havo a steady
and rapid Improvement Of existing ma
terial. Tho final outcome is. of course.
dinieult 70 forecast, although it is GER
tain that tho next few months Will SEQ
! much faster and more powerful air
planes on both sides. II would net sur
prise me II We were able TO ny nj least
lf5 miles an hour by spring and los
miles before the end Of the year. And
l mean average fying at those speeds
ana not occasional spurts."
In predicting n epced Of moro than
two miles minute in tho future, Luf-
berry revealed that the aviators' latest
equipment is mask neutraliztng the
tremendous strain which high speed In
the air places on the heart and lungs.
Few land battles IN tho future will
he without important aerial cooperation
on both sides; the larger the baltic tho
moro machines engaged above It," the
flyer continued. This means big clashes
In the air-more machines. Generally
as air electives increase. and they are
increasing feverishly OH both sides, the
lighting over the lines will not only
be far more intense than last year and
between speeder and more powerful
machines. but between increas slngly
greater numbers and larger groups.
! Constant night boniba-dments with
| large fleets OF Allied machines on enemy
munition-makiDg centcrs aro not only
now possible. but promise to have an
| important effect on the outcome of the
war Groups Of heavily armed bomb
ing planes, each carrying moro than a
ton or high explosives. can raid the most
important German munitions towns and
| be virtually immune from attuck In
the air. In the darkness they can steer
by compass. launch their bombs and
turn back homeward.
Smaller and faster airpianes are ylr
tually helpless In the darkness against
big heavily armed raii,rs. Tho latter
have n fixed object, that of dropping
bombs as they pass over their targets
The former are on tho hunt and II ia
no secret they are II: IN extreme dis.
advantage with thoir lisht armanc II
against the more numerous guns OF tho
/ larger machines,
| 1T is common knowledge that most
German munition centers are systematic.
ally laid out In enormous, blocks. rov.
ering hundreds OF acres. They presonr
targets not easy to rliss, even from n
high altitude.
or course, tho Germans win mako
similar raids, but they vii not nav.
tho advantage of finding Allied mum.
tions works built in the form OF vast
aerial targets. They would have 10
swoop low--where anti-nircra.t guns can
get them. >"''
"lnlesss tho. tGernans lind some low
way or protecting their shell factorien
they are dye for a very uncomfortable