The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-06
Tokyo Tells
CT New Raid
By Mustangs
MORE CITIES WARNED
Leaflets Scattered Over II
Heavily P opul ated
Towns Saturday
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BULLETIN
GUAM, Monday, Aug. g.
WH-At least $50 Superfortress-
es battered Japan with $3.50
tons Of bombs last night, II
was announced today.
GUAM, Monday, Aug. 6.-tR-
The fearful American B-29 fire
raid warning hung over FL crowd
ed Japanese cities today as To-
kyo, already burned and blasted
almost out of existence, reported
new air blows against the home
land.
About 40 U. S. bombers and
fighters from OkinaWa attacked
Kyushu Island in Southwestern Ja-
pan for more than two hours Sum
day and 80 Two Jima-b,.sed Mus
tangs struck at the Tokyo area,
the japanese announced.
The Goth Air Forces list Of fore
warned enemy cities marked for
destruction reached 31-with 81
yet to be fire bombed-when leaf
lets were scattered over IL short
ly after Saturday midnight. The
others had previously been noti-
fled by leaflets and radio.
The Marianas-based Superforts
thus far have raided IS Nippon
cities including 10 Of those fore
warned, and have left about 155
square miles Of war factories and
homes in ruins.
Tokyo's as yet unconfirmed re-
port on the two-hour raid against
Kyushu Island areas indicated that
American Air Forces at Okinawa
now the forward ba;e for Cen
eral MacArthur's ION To Tokyo"
drive-were again in action.
MacArthurs communique today
reported that more than a score of
Mitchell medium bombers, riding
the tail end of typhoon over
Kyushu on Saturday set fires at
the lumber town of Takanabe,
damaging three factories, railway
yards and a bridge. They had
been prevented from attacking
Japan the previous two days by
bad weather.
Admiral Ninitz announced Sc
ries of small strikes by land-based
naval planes on Saturday and Sum
day. They sank small cargo ves-
sci and shot down two enemy inter-
|ceptors near Ise Bay, Honshu;
sank 2,OOO-ton freighter and
smaller vessel off Shantung Prov
ince, China; and beached cargo
ship and 10 landing craft in the
Kurile islands.
(The Japanese radio said 80.odd
Mustangs from Two bombed and
strafed the Tokyo area about noon
Sunday)
The hint of improving weather
also suggested that Admiral Hal
sey's Third Fleet, which vanished
into the ocean mists today after
marauding up and down Japan's
Pacific coast for three weeks.
might strike again soon.
Whereabouts of the fleet was
hidden under radio security
blackout.
Admiral Nimitz' Sunday commit
nique announced that Liberators
of the Aleutian-based 18th Army
Air Force attacked the Kataoka
naval base and Kokutan Cape in
the Kuriles Friday. and Navy
search planes raided small -
ping off Japan and the China
Coast Saturday.
The far-reaching extent of Amer
lean air power in the Pacific was
demonstrated by seven 18th Air
Force Lightning fighters which at
tackled Soerabaja, Java, Wednes-
day. It was the first U. S. fighter
raid on the former Dutch naval
base, although Liberators attacked
it once before.
Fighters of the 18th Af one Of
the forces moving up to OkinaWa
with Macarthur, also will range
over Japan, nearly 5000 miles
from Java. The Soerabaja raiders
flew to Java from the Philippines
with fueling stop on Borneo.
The Tokyo broadcast said that
the Okinawa-based raiders which
struck Kyushu between 11:30 4. m.
and 2 p. m. Q0:30 p. m. Satur-
day and / a. m. Sunday. U. S.
Eastern War Tine) included P-38
Lightnings, B24 Liberators and
BIS Mitchells. The Iwo-based Mus
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