The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-24

Since the number OF Americans
In London Is less than the num-
Der Of British, The total number
of Americans killed Is naturally
less than the number Of British
killed, but proportionately Ameri-
can lives lost are greater.
what happens Is that a Bri-
fisher walking down a London
street instinctiveIy looks for the
nearest lGmp-poSt, pillar. pile Of
bricks or anything that viii serve
as protection. Re does this before
there Is any explosion or even any
noise Of an approaching robot.
He has been trained TO do II Tor
four long and perilous years dur
ing which death was constantly
dropping out Of the sky. In the
same way that n single engine air-
plane pilot flying from Washing
ington to New York Is constantly
on the lookout for emergency
landing places such as COW pas
lures, even when his motor 10
whirring perfectly.
Beoamse Americans ageDt
trained in watching for means
81 protection On the street, they
Iese that split seconds time
necessary 70 get eslt of the way
sf flying glass and bFicks.
IN addition, American troops
suffered one unhappy accident
when O robot bomb landed IN the
middle of o detail OF men VINO
were getting ready TO leave IN
trucks, Lined up In 0 London
street, they were wiped out.
DESTRUCTION OF TGgE ROBOT
Authentic London reports are
too encouraging regarding deslFue-
ton OF the robot boneb, Great
est success has been IN knocking
u out IN the air with tighter
planes, However. Il takes q robot
lust 81 minutes 10 cross the
Channel, SO the fighters have 70
work with terrific speed, fTotab
time from the bombs launching
until the time II hits London Us
estimated NJ 10 minutes).
10 they knoek The bomb dawn
ever London, u eSplo9es Win
INST aS mach damage - u they
had Mt IL alone, 80 there u enly
sne place 70 50 after h-sveT
The chsnpei,
Once q robot escapes The light
ers and passes over London, anti
aircraft fire rs stopped end the
only thing TO 90 Is 10 let the bomb
take Us course and explode wber'
ever Il hits,
FurtlegmoFe, II Is not easy 70
knock down . Tnbot over ule
Channel, lnDflre must strike lls
nose IN order 10 explode ", a
cannon ball iD the body Of lhe
robot plane, however, WIZ usually
knock N out, some intrepid fight
ers have flown np very close.
the robot cannot fire baek-ana
the tipped up US sing With the
wing ri the lighter, when the
robots wlng Is tipped more IMAM
IS degrees. tse gyFose0pe when
keeps n on balance falls 70 tlnes
tl0n and the robot goes INTO .
dive,
u Gighteg u lae close Hben
Q robot eKplNaes ~ the elF, llf
EepeTNnsal9n " - sFeet thai ghe
fighter ssmsttmes y bneekss ~
piaees,
bombing ths robot lanneblng
platforms u also extremely am,
cult because they are protected
with TONS Of concrete, Ab0ut ihe
only way 20 blow them np " 20
place y bomb RanaFely " nbe
mouth Of lbe launching platform
However, since The mouth Of tle
platform slopes into the concrete
~ . gentle angle, like the en-
trance 10 q hillside coal nine. "
y difficult 70 drop . bomb W
side,
NOTE The Germans recently
have perfected clock which
gaas Gfl inside the robot about
Ten minutes after II leaves France,
on about the time II u ever LoD'
don, This clock turns The robots
tail FndeaF 80 that " makes %
eeFle, graceful curve e. y someone
were Inside pllolins n, eF ~
II were FAdt0veentF0llad, Thlk
sudden turn n calculated by the
ynllibla n We believe this, loV TIE
ruth Of Tie msslaT v cute W. eps