The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-29
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 About two months ago . lone Saider bombed q Japanese air Held in French IndO-C China |. Tho Chinese Intelligence Dept con- nrned it in Q cOmmuniQue at the time |. i. But added that 1t must have been c United Nations attack -as 1t wasn't A Chinese bomber This only added to the con- msion of the United Nations com nanderg ''Noi1e of our planes vas anywhere near the scene,' they Sonfided T. And not until yester- lay was the full story of that raid revealed ss This is what hap- Dened.
 An American pilot working for an American transport firm out of Haiphong was grounded because of the war He and Chinese flight mechanic and two former AVG flyers were polishing off the last of bottle of scotch which cost them $35 in Q. s. currency :. {. :. They discussed the war and how long 1t was taking the allies to 'get it over with, etc. If I had 4uy WuyS O1AC VI tkACk4A B. 64uAApACAS @I'd show them how to do thingsl" ... The quartet started to doze when one of them decided on some action.
 If I could borrow any kind of a ship" he said, 'I'd load it with bombs and fly to Hanoi-and knock off the airfield there."
 Why not" suggested one of the AVG's, "let's take one of the trans ports and do 1t now2 I'll go with youi" The Chinese flight me- chanic said nobody was going on a raid without him. Let's gol"
 They went over to the nearby and found one transport minus a door ... '@This will have to do," said one of the daring four. '@The draft may give us all 8 cold-but what the hell?"
 They prepared the plane for the six hour flight to Hanoi and with the help of some other pals loaded it with thefted bombs-and in no time at all-took off You can imagine all those bombs, at least a dozen, which they placed in the aisle between the transports chairs --and trusted to luck :. =. Six hours later, the pilot (who had made the run often in peace-time) said: We must be there. It's six hours and l was never late before" But it was pitch black below Nobody in his right mind could positively say he was over the Hanoi Airport
 You couldn't see a thing!
 He circled the sector several times until he felt sure he was within range and then dropping to within 800 feet Absolute suicideD he turned on his landing hghtsl :. !. /. The Japs below were no chumps =. They knew that no enemy plane would turn on its lights And 50 the Japs turned on theirs! :. And then the fun began .,. The other three rolled the bombs to the open door and simply kicked them out Putting on one of the most beautiful spectacles of fire works ever staged anywhere And then they flew safely back to phong-suffering from terrible hangoverS.
 Georxe O. WelIes says it happened recently in Saratoga A con- fidence man tried to "take" suck CT on a surefire bet He staged a stunt with an illiterate. hanger on, who couldn't read or write and coached him for week on how to spell two words-rhinoceros and hippopotamus.
 Than when he was sure that the dope knew how to spell them, the con man set the trap for his catch .. 'Now, take Moe over there, :, he said, "Never went to school. I'll bet you $1.00O you can't stick nm on the spelling of the two toughest