Evening star., 1944-07-16
jap Broadcast From Singapore
Hints B-20 FLYERS Executed
BY the Associated Press.

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BY the Associated Press.
| A japanese propaganda broad.
cast from Singapore to American
forces in the Southwest Pacific
said yesterday that an unstatec
} number OF American airmer
from B-2N Super Fortresses
! which raided Japan, had ''bailec
out to meet with the same fate
which was meted out to the
raiders of Tokyo some two years
ago."
In the 1912 raid, eight flyers were
. believed to have been captured, Of
, which some" were executed anc
some" were given combinations
according to an announcement by
President Roosevelt a year after the
raid.
Yesterdays broadcast which wa
not paralleled by any other JAP
anese radio, came at an hour when
the Singapore radio often releases
propaganda designed to frighten O,
discourage American and Australian
forces, said monitors of the Federal
Communications Commission, who
recorded it.
The Office of War Information
first issued a story based on the
FEC recording quoting the Singa-
pore radio as saying the captives
had been executed, then followed
with lead that the broadcast sug-
gested they might have been exc
cuted ''or at least were being held
for execution"
Brig. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe
commanding officer of the 10th
Bomber Command. said at his home
in Santa Barbara, Calf, that he
doubted if any of the participants OF
the first Super Fortress raid on
Japan June Is. when four bombers
were lost had been executed Nc
bombers were lost on a second Super
Fortress raid July Z.
That's the kind of propaganda
thrown out by Japan right along
to boost morale on the home front,
he said. Every time they lose an
island or strip of territory they
make new threats"
Burial Report Recalled.
The japanese Domei agency after
the first raid in An English language
wireless transmission for American
! consumption reported that solemn
burial services" had been held for
American airmen who were killed
in the crash of one Super Fortress
in northern Kyushu.
Yesterdays broadcast was of an
entirely different flavor. and the
announcer from Singapore asserted
Any Allied airman who falls OF
balls out over Japan will be ex-
ecuted. This is the order of the
day
Federal monitors had difficulty
with the broadcast because of in
reference and the fact the an
nouncer spoke with an accent But
here is the threatening paragraph
as they pieced it together:
Some of the B-29s in crashing
two words unintelligible) their
plundering crew men in other
planes parachuted, bailed out to
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