Evening star., 1933-12-15
LIVE BOMB ATTACK
Of COMBAT PLANES
AVIATION FEATURE
Two-Day Observance of First
Flight Anniversary Be-
gins Tomorrow.
MILITARY SERVICE PLANS
MASS FLYING DISPLAY
100 Planes to Center Over Boiling
Field Hains Point and
River.

lylng washington mas seen, reaching
climax in an attack with live bombs on
/ floating target off Hams Point tomor-
row afternoon, will open a two-day
ocal observance Of the 3oth anniversary
If the first airplane flight.
Principal features of the observance
will be mass display of military flying
,y more than 100 combat airplanes of
,he Army, Navy and Marine Corps over
Boiling Field, Hains Point and the
Potomac, beginning at 12:45 pm. to-
morrow; brilliant aviation banquet at
the Mayflower Hotel at 7:30 pm. to-
morrow, to be attended by the Nations,
foremost pilots and aviation leaders, and
} civil and military air meet and DEM
which will include a world
speed record attempt by Comdr. Frank
VI. Hawks and the start of an airline
speed flight by Jimmy Wendell at COL
ege Park Airport, College Park, Md,
Sunday.
Bombardment Wing Here.
The military concentration here to-
morrow afternoon will bring to wash
ngton for the first time q representa-
lion OF the entire I'd Commandment
Wing, Langley Field, Va, and two
squadrons Of Marine observation and
1ghter planes, manned by veterans of
ne Nlcaraguan campaign, from Guam
.lco, Va. Local service and Reserve
army, Navy and Marine units also will
participate.
The I'd Bombardment Wing, chief
air defense unit for the Atlantic sea.
board, Is composed of the recently re-
constituted 9th Pursuit Group and the
I'd Bombardment Group. Each group
IS composed of three tactical and one
service squadron, each squadron on a
peace-time strength basis.
The demonstration will begin with
the landing at Boiling Field at l2:45 of
Inc tactical squadrons of the 9Th Pur-
suit Group, commanded by Mai B. @.
Jones, Air Corps. There will be a total
d SO single-seater pursuit planes, two
'quadrons OF Boeing P-12s and one
squadron of Curtiss PCS. The three
'quadrons will be lined up on the field
and the planes refueled preliminary to
me combat demonstration and return
TO Langley.
Both Boiling Field and the Anacostia
naval Air Station will hold open house
from l to p.m. tomorrow. The Army
will have 40 planes on the line for in
spect1on. The aerial demonstrations
can be seen to best advantage from
The military field or from Hams Point
The 9th Pursuit Group will take of
from Boiling at 1:55 and will open the
AR demonstration at 2 pm. when it
VIII rendezvous with the End Bombard-
ment Group for an aerial parade in
formation around the city. The bonn
oardment group will bring 18 bombard-
ment planes, led by three-plane flight
of the new Boeing B-8 high-speed
oombers. which will be demonstrated
here for the first time These planes
have top speed of 200 miles per hour
With full load of 1000 pounds of bombs
and are Of the low-wing type, twin
snglned and with retractable landing
gear
The rendezvous of the pursuit and
,ombardment groups will take place
above the Naval Research Laboratory
Vt Bellevue, D. c. From this point the
a planes will proceed in formation up
ne Anacostia River. circle the outskirts
u washington to the west, and return
iown the Potomac. The bombers will
~ at approximately 1000 feet altitude.
With the pursuiters at 1000 feet.
At the conclusion Of the first circuit
ney Will start second trip around the
'lty In an attack formation, winding up
Vltn q concerted attack on Hams Point.
n this attack the So pursuiters will
'recede the bombers in simulated at
ack on theoretical anti-aircraft de-
enses on Hams Point. coming down on
ne target from high altitude in screech-
ng formation power dives. The bomb
rs will follow in bombing formation.
This will conclude the Army Air
;orpS demonstration and the 81 planes
# the wing will head back toward
langley.
The wing will pe led by Maj. Herbert
l. Dargue, with Maj. Jones in command
i the pursuit group and Capt. Robert
;rorau in command OF the lombard
nent group.
While the Army is making its first
ircuit of Washington, the Naval and
darine units from Anacostia, totaling
70 planes, including transports, scouts,
observation and fighting planes, will
axe off to rendezvous at Alexandria
With the units of the Marine Corps East
Coast Expeditionary Force, consisting
# 18 new Boeing F-4B4 fighters, COM
handed by First Lieut.. L. A. Sandy"
,anderson, Caterpillar" and hero of
he Nicaraguan fighting, and IL Curtiss
)-2C1 observation planes led by First
lieut.. Clarence j. Chappell. The two
Marine squadrons will be led by Lieut..
;ol. Ross e. Rowell in one of the latest
darine fighters.
The Naval Ar Stations 30-plane unit
Will be led by Lieut.. Comdr. Carleton
and will include five-plane
transport unit; five-plane Vought Cor
air observation formation; a five-plane
ormation of the famous Curtiss hell
livers"; nine-plane formation led by
,lane training plane formation.
viii circle the city twice over the route
ollowed by the Army, at the conclusion
# which an aerial demonstration will
,e flown at Hams Point by the single
eater and two-seater formations. From
ormation the tWo-SeaterS will go into
! "Lufberry circle" formation over the
liver and the fighters, out Of similar
high altitude formation, will power dive
n rapid succession through the circle
ormed by the two-Seaters.
The two-seaters and single-seaters
hen viii simulate a high and low
yround attack on fortified foreign
'hore, represented by Hams Point. In
his attack live bombs will be dropped
N target anchored In the river off
he point; the first actual bombing
seen in Washington.
Tomorrow nights banquet will in
:lude 30-minute national broadcast
II brief remarks by noted aviation lead
RS and flyers, among them Capt. Albert
9. Read, U S. N, commander of the
NC-4 on the first flight. across the At
antic by any aircraft; Lieut.. Eric Mel
;on. member of the Army Air Corps
init which made the first flight around
speaking on behalf Of English ayiators;