Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-24
The
War TODAY
RAE, Yank Eaers
Co-ordra+e RAGS
On q Spit Second

winter E.rr'ial, For I0ii->t''- 49, $500
TIE COMBINED t-mam-
attacks. night and day t0r -
hours, which have gust taken
place against E.ilcrs western
fortress Europe 5go proof
positive Of tho extreme degree
OF co-ord rat--r- zn- ->1-l-c---
zatlor that exists oH-the British
7 Isles between the Raj and The
United States Army Ar Force
IN these RAIDS which occurred
within "a hours u is estimated
thai a thousand planes dropped
5000 70 $500 tons az bombs.
That's L10Qn00 pounds ~ eN-
plosives. We may rest assured
that AXIS Europe knows some
thing is happening
.-- The Rhiuetau1 Crrv-7f hre'ei0
Is huge manufacturing center
OF wa material Special StccfS
are fsbrlcated-ar1 amor plate
is made there J. IS a pyoduC-
ton center for hard coal sui
-phuric acid and textiles for
parachuteS II Is q rail junction
al Importance The city has q
p population of 10000 people
DURING TIE night 81 great
flight OF RAJ bon1heFS est
mated at about 700 planes
caused death and devastation 20
that Rhineland city by raining
on II 1000 tons Of two-to-iour-
ton hiock-busterS
The four-ton bombs have
been known 10 destroy bmld-
lngS over a slX-aCre area II Is,
therefore, easy 10 estimate mon
tally the destruction that the
night raid created.
During the day following.
FLYING Fortresses Of the Amer
ican Air Force bombed rubber
factories IN the Ruhr Valley and
the General Motors plant near
Antwerp, Belgium. The Raj
struck- simultaneously At Rot
terdArn. Manv- SggsaFeHs Of
British, Canadian and Amerl-
can fighters escorted these as
saults.
Few persons stop 10 realize
the difficulties of controlling
so many planes in the air at
one time. particularly on a pre-
cision bombing mission. The
bomber and fighter SquadronS
must leave from numerous
=fsefas.- IsFetst5fS separated by
many miles. They must then
meet and take up attack lorna
ton ar some given place IN the
air and II must be done by split
second timing.
THESE SEVERAL combined
attacks made by the Allied air
forces from the British Isles are
another demonstration and
proof Of the wonderful team
work that has been developed
IN the European and Mediter-
-TEnean theaterS or war between
1.-THE units of different countries
The forces Of the United Ma
lions are truly fighting side by
hide as brothers.
~ A high ranking Raj officer
who arrived in this country
from England not so long ago
] said that for months past the
skies over the British Isles
have been daily filled with
flights. each Of which was not
,less than 100 American planes
Without doubt, these massed
flvine maneuvers were IN de-
.rtailed preparation for the a.
stacks such as have just oc-
! curred.
! LAll OF our pilots and air
crews in this country are
!, trained with the greatest Of
I thorouehness in all details Of
tfrir duties This includes -naNl-
] CATION, radio work air gunnery.
etc.
They are then assembled and
, trained in the smaller units Of
sir command Therefore. with
the maneuvers for maSSed fly
f. ing. their educauonS are en-
/, trcly complete
, This Is one Of the biggest
reasons why in every combat
/, in this war. our pilots have shot
down more planes than they
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