The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-24
BOMBING AMMUNITION
DUMPS IS EXCITING
British Aviator Tells How Hun
Stores Are Located and
Destroyed,

Behind British Lines in France (by
maiU.-Thc British aviation com
muniquc frequently contains u brief
line to record that direct hits were OBJ
tanned upo an enemy dump IT" some
point behind tho German lines. This
colorlcss announcement nay seem 10
the reader in America nothing more
than the record OF a dull piece OF rou-
tine, but tho decd itself IL different
from it's record.
American airnlen attached 10 the
British s%quadrons have long since
found out that the business OF bomb
ing dumps often is exciting ana
spectacular work. Moreover. tie i'm
portance Of It's effect upon enemy plans
and operations cen hardly DO cAagger-
ated. A we'll aimed hit on q store or
German ammunition may destroy tho
work OF many months in the nlUnition
factories, and cripple numerous bat
tcriea for many long days.
A British airMan, Lieut.. w. a.
Barnes, has given IL" Associated Press
the following account OF Il recent IS
minute raid on Il German dump az
characteristic of this form OF activity.
"On this particular night there was
not enough moonlight tor a .on9 raid.
so the target given rs vas q German
ammunition dump. We welcomed tho
change, for, naturally. the strain OF
long distance RAIDS into Germany, night
after night, becomes q bit wearing.
Dumps ara CT course situated rs near
as possible 10 the lirl = l!Hc, ~ 50
moan short raids.
Dumps are br no means easy tar
Gets 10 lind ct u.Ght, ior usy are sell
dom situated neI" any da.lNtLe land
marks. End alc usually we'll comou-
Ragged. by tn" study OF maps ana
photographs. however. w mad pretty
well located The position al this one.
and started out Oh the raid WIKI high
hopes OF success.
1--WE flew almost dun Cas, from tho
&ivdrome, At til" End Of - minutes
We could just make cut The outline or
..hcds. This was good, BAIT We let out
q parachute fare 20 llgHt VI the
ground, ard make sure c,'e We're oyer
the target. This prompt,J d!1pclled al
doubts, for the Hun seGrcAlights
opened up at once. and II lQ.! OF ma
chine gun bullets Ioap5d up from tho
ground. Anti-air>ratt guns had been
firing for some time, but the shells
were bursting well above aa. and CIV
!u@ 10 trouble,
The parachute Care proved a real
tgieud, because bOtn sSarcAilgats and
machine gus concentrated upon II,
7 N.IlNN - .tit0A tA'hN ;" N''D
swiftly, release our bombs, switch OIL
The engine. and start climbing.
When we turned 70 observe results.
we Witnessed the Finest fireworks dis
3!ay I ever sat%. Ammunition was
tracking off ~ record speed, dense
clouds of smoke were rising, 'tui high
~ Colurcd flames were lCap4I5 100 feet
and more from thc ground.
I'VE watched this pleasing exhibition
for some minutes, until the cough OK
an Archie burst near by TO remind US
that we were still over liu!-tdnd. ana
SO turned and stecTcd for home.
Tho whole Job occupied exactly S.
minutes. but it must have cost Ger
many hundreds Of man power hours III
munitions works tllcr" was Gt@' some
lire there NJ NoCn next day--aad saved
our Frcnch aliCH Il good many casual
ties, for, aS L happens, THAI big dump,
we learned, was 10 serve u bit OF ronk
i&CiNg French troops