The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-16
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20, Manager Tor Newspaper In
terpr' Nov. 15.-Nothing like the
LoL, 1C,.ar Of America in the air mas
Tt9l . Fg felt by the Germans
yet pen 4bs constant bombing OF Ger
NoF I;ritorv detectives along the
nan ~ - anv sense the allies last
bhlI I in letting the Germans know
wa war is like!
". I'D, other day in a speech, Bonar
Inv lid the allied bombings were
Law tremendous effect on the
hd.l lI7 of the German people, and add
cd IL .bau say nothing more on that
- except this, That weapon is not
i W, ended" r.o
uT9t did he mean? Are the allies
ming for a blow at the Germans
4 ,..1, the sky so vast and terrible that
!. -airht bring a German ''blow-up"
nd inter surrender
nib he refer to the great stacks Of
,,-r9I.oth bombs stored. waiting for
,5s dav. somewhere in France"
parobs that tip the scale at over ton.
g. big that one man standing on an
o,bar,s shoulders can scarcely look
nypr one OF IueIH witch lbS ou eHu
Berlin on the Slate.
rb, Illustrated Sunday Herald says
a., bomhine Of Berlin. with enormous
d.raco may be expected, for the al
lies have got Berlin on their slate"
"nno Of the boys" writing in the
Herald saws that bombing machines
arc now carrying bombs Of an incred-
ba size.
They cannot be dropped from less
than 5000 feet. When let loose they
rend every atom Of the air. Gigantic
air rockets result. At 1000 feet the
machine would be in a maelstrom and
on the edge of disaster. The explo-
sions are terrifying.
Each bomb contains a shattering
charge far bigger in proportion to its
weight than any long-range shell and
they pull the scale at over ton.
Big Planes Ready.
The big bombing machines now at
the ready. and ready whenever wanted
are so fitted that the bomber never
handles the bombs, and does not see
them. They are slung on loops OF
wire and released by levers from the
observers seat. He does it with great
est ease, accuracy and safety, without
taking his eyes off the objective.
For the trips with these giant ex-
plosives, every objective is schooled
into the pilots and observers brains
long before the starting night.
Weeks before our boys go to Ber-
lin, they would know the Wilhelm
strasse, the Bristol. the railway sta
tons and every other German pile
worth smashing.
Accurate as Big Guns.
Every one Of these big bombs. and
with sights as accurate as those of big
guns.
Once over Berlin, the thing would
be easy. There are, of course, the
long days of preparation; the practice
OF tactics with the fighting scouts; the
steady and sustained tests Of the big
engines: the schooling in the
0bjpctves and the practice with the
dummies.
Pilots Are Plenty.
II have met a blue-eyed pilot ready
to lead the job. l know some hum
dreds Of boys at the attention to act
as companies, with those mighty
bombs I saw a few days ago some
"here in France Take it from me,
they are not there for ornament.
And the boys-have we plenty Of
'one-ton' boys?
Recently I have sampled the glor-
tous, light-hearted, daring youths
across the Argonne. I have seen the |
brilliant Frenehmen in Mangins ad- |
vance. I have stood dazzled by our |
own Incompatible boys far back be-
bind st. Quentin.
And what a magnificent combina- |
ion they will be for Mr.. Bonar Laws |
weapon which is not yet endedp'
And the machines? Easily the fin
st triumphs of air craft production,
From tail to nose; easiest to fly and
vancouver, most powerfully engined
|ind most workman-like and clean in
EXECUTION yet seen in the air"
What would be likely to be the eff
Feet on Germany and on the progress
ld the war, if hundreds of these
Young eager, highly-trained allied air
men, equipped with the last word in
ong-distance bombers and fighting
scouts and bombs, were given the
word TO Berlinw just as General
och hurled a reserve army in a ire
aendous surprise blow at the German
4 lines?
hour guess is as good as anybody's. 1