Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Column 20 Miles Long Passes
in Review as Climax of
Record ManeuverS.
GIANT BOMBERS IN WAR
PAINT OPEN EXHIBITION
Air Attack, Ground Assault,
Squadron Dive and DOG Fight"
/ Are Features Of Program.
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.


Fresh from the triumphs of the great
est air maneuvers the world has seen,
more than 1000 fighting pilots, flying
cadets and National Guard aviators
composing the LIST Air Division today
wrote the flnal chapter in the account
Of two weeks Of heroic endeavors in q
roaring Memorial day salute from the
motors of 500 combat planes to the Ma
bions dead in Arlington National
Cemetery.
In q close-massed aerial column 20
miles long. the Nations fighting squad
xons, bearing the insignia Of battles and
achievement in peace-time aeronautics,
passed in review early this afternoon
above the Potomac between the Lincoln
Memorial and Arlington Cemetery.
Upon the soaring yellow wings which
passed over the Capital today in the
worlds mightiest aerial review the Ma
ton must depend for the aerial defense
of its coasts in case Of national emer-
gency.
There was symbolism In rich profu-
sion in today's huge aerial demonstra-
ton. AS the squadrons passed in review
they cast their shadows across the
Lincoln Memorial. erected to the
memory of the President. under whom
the first military aviation unit in the
United States functioned, during the
Civil War, when balloon observation
first played a part in military operations.
Passes Over Mount Vernon.
Continuing on down the Potomac, the
column passed above Mount Vernon,
hcme Of the first President, who ex-
pressed a belief that part Of mans
future lay in the air.
The review, seen By Secretary of War
Patrick ]. Hurley from a span Of the
still uncompleted Arlington Memorial
Bridge, followed a spectacular demon
stration of modern aerial warfare by
three CT the most famous squadrons in
the Army Air Corps. representing the
three aerial combat branches.
The combat demonstration started at
IL 80 o'clock, when nine giant Condor
bombardment planes, largest military
planes used by the Army, took of from
Boiling Field, where they stopped for
refueling after morning flight from
pose the 18th Bombardment Squadron,
Rockwell Field. Calf, under command
Of Lieut.. Charles H. Howard.
Colorful in their war paint, including
the famous "Jiggs" insignia and fero-
cious fighting faces" painted over the
noses of the great planes, the squadron
demonstrated formations used for high
and low altitude bombardment and for
defensive fighting.
ously over the river the swift single
seaters of the world-famous 95th Pur-
suit Squadron, one OF the original La
fayette Escadrille, were taking of from
Boiling Field under command of Capt.
Frank O'D. Monk" Hunter. victor over
nine enemy planes in aerial combatS in
France and leading war ace in the active
service.
Fighters Attack Bombers.
The e5th, 1S planes strong. also halls
from Rockwell Field, and was selecteo
by competition from all the pursuit
squadrons of the Army to demonstrate
pursuit combat tactics.
Climbing swiftly, in close battle for
nation, the little fighting planes, whose
sole mission is the destruction Of enemy
aircraft, first appeared high above the
numbering bombers. Capt. Hunter wag-
gled his wings, dropped his nose and,
followed by the II screaming planes OF
ms Squdoron' 0o'e az VeiiAAie opee" VA
the bombers.
Pulling upward with the deep
throated roar which marks the close Of
o pursuit attack, Capt. Hunter split
his squadron into three flights Of six
planes each, and down they came on
the bombers again in the famous split
or "three-way" attack. which envelops
the target in a failing torrent Of lead
from all directions.
As the bombers withdrew the pursuit
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