The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10

the second straight day in an att tempt to hamstring enemy efforts to move endorsements to Korea and Manchuria to fight the in- vading Red armies.
 The carrier aircraft shifted their assault to the Tokyo Yokohama area during the morning. Tokyo said, and in the afternoon bombed and strafed airfields and military installations in the Chiba district just east of Tokyo for an hour an a half.
 Clouds Of Planes
 A dispatch from Richard w. Johnston, United Press Core spondent with the U. s. Third fleet said that clouds of planes Init areas in which the Japanese have dozens of airfields and were believed to have airborne troop transportation points which might be used to reinforce the Kwantung army in Manchuria.
 Allied airmen destroyed "A en- emy gliders on the ground which possibly were scheduled for opera tions against the Russians.
 The fleet dispatch said actually there were no indications that the carrier planes were flying tactical missions in support of the Red ban- ner troops, but they apparently were seeking to isolate the north- ern Honshu forces and keep the Kwantung armies isolated from a ial aid.
 Clouds Of Planes
 A dispatch from Richard W. John ston, United Press Correspondent with the U. s. Third fleet said that clouds of planes Init areas in which the Japanese have dozens of air. fields and were believed to have air. borne troop transportation points which might be used to reinforce the Kwantung army nj Manchuria. !" Allied airmen destroyed 24 enemy gliders on the ground which possibly were scheduled or operations against the russians.
 The fleet dispatch said actually there were no indications that the carrier planes were flying tactical missions in support of the Red ban ner troops, but they apparently were seeking to isolate the northern Hon. shu forces and keep the Kwantung armies isolated from aerial aid from the Japanese home islands.
 All the superfortresses returned from the B-29,s two strikes. In all 562 giant bombers flew five missions over Japan within 48 hours and dropped a total of 3,250 tons of bombs. About $50 tons were dropped by the 76O B-29's which made the two attacks today.
 The superfortress assault on the Tokyo area began at 11:30 a. m Early reports said fair to excellent results were obtained. Japanese fighter oppc>csion was light but an- ti-aircraft fire was moderate to in- tense. The bombers were escorted by 60 Iwo-based Mustangs and Thunder bolts, which found few opponents.
 The targets were the same as those hit on Wednesday afternoon-gun- power and munitions works, ware houses and research Laboratories comprising one of Japan's greatest arsenalS.
 Good results were also obtained at Amagasaki as the B-29's struck again to cut down the enemy's dwindling fuel supplies. One pilot re- ported smoke billowing 10000 feet over the target area.
 Fleet Admiral Chester w. Nimitz announced in a communique that preliminary reports from American and British carrier force- which at- tackled northern Honshu on Thurs day showed that considerable dam age was inflicted.
 Nimitz said the raiding fighter bombers struck an area extending from northern Honshu to point 16O miles to the south and that American planes destroyed 124 Jap anese planes on the ground, dam- aged 57 others, and sank number of small ships during the early hours on Thursday.
 During the day II other enemy planes were destroyed when they attempted to attack warships of the Third Fleet.
 Nimitz said one, of these enemy planes had crashed into light Third Fleet unit, which is now re- tiring under its own power" British planes destroyed 22 Jap anese planes and "A gliders on the ground. They damaged l9 other planes trapped on the ground and sank or damaged several small ships.
 The important steel mills of Ka- maishi, PTS miles north of Tokyo lay battered and smoking today fol- l lowing yesterdays bombardment by American battleships, heavy cruisers and destroyers which were joined ny British light naval units.