Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-09
Blu. n. Planes
Blast Reds Big
Sinuiijju Airfie|d
Wars Heaviest Raid
Made to ForestuII
Expected Attack
BY the Associated Press

air field on the Korea -Manchuria
border today to prevent an ex-
Ipected Communist aerial often
Sive.
1t was the biggest raid of the
war. But first official reports
didn't look like much. The 5th
Air Force said two Red planes
were damaged in the air, two
were destroyed and one was dam
aged on the ground.
Precisely what happened in the
laundering raid was screened by
flames and smoke. Returning
pilots said 10 square miles were
blanketed by smoke and flames.
The target was Sinuiju airfield,
where 10 to 100 Red planes had
been spotted on the ground.
The attack was made by 312
jets and fighter bombers. They
came from every United Nations
airf1eld in Korea. For half an
hour early this afternoon they
blasted and burned the airfield in
Northwestern Korea.
Eighty Russian-type jet fighters
were parked on an air field at
Antung. Manchuria across the
Yalu River from Sinuiju.
Fifty rose. But 1t. Gen. Earle
E. Partridge. 5th Air Force COM
mander, said only Is crossed the
Yalu. A few air fights f1ared.
However, 1t. Robert Dixon,
Newton. Iowa, said the Red jets
were out in strength.
Reds Continue Pull Back.
The big blow at Sinuiju followed
front line reports that Chinese
were angered at Russian failure to
supply tanks or planes for their
spring offensive. The air show
completely overshadowed ground
operations. Red troops continued
to pull back from armored Allied
jabs.
Allied intelligence reports said
about 10 to 100 camoufiaged
planes had been massed in Sinuiju
revetments. The long expected
Red air strike was believed i'm
minent.
Then the Allies struck. Amer
lean air force and South African
fighter planes hit in two waves.
The first wave swept through
heavy fax. rocketing, bombing ano
IStraflng anti-aircraft guns.
The second wave hit revetment.
and the air field with high ex.
plosive. augmentation and fire
bombs.
Il don't think the Reds will fly
any more planes off that strip,
said Capt. H. L. Williams, Wa.
tonga, Okla. 1.-THE napalm (iel.
lied gasoline fire bombs) covered
the whole place"
Beautiful Photos" Help.
U. N. pilots were guided BY
beautiful photos" said Maj. JOE
Baglio of Roslindale, Mass. They
were 80 clear they could see the
planes through the camouflage or
them"
Returning pilots reported they
hit the revetmentS squarely. But
in the words of Col. Donald K
Yost of Princeton. N. j., they
couldn't see whether they Shell
tered planes-"they were so well
Icamouf1aged."
I'VE watched the buildup Of
enemy planes in this area" sale
Maj. Carl G. Carlson, intelligence
officer, land when it got so fal
we had to hit it. We think 9
good job was done"
Associated Press War Core
Spondent William Barnard re-
ported no U. N. planes or airmen
were lost. The damaged Red jet
was hit by long-range fire.
The striking force was composed
of 206 U. N. fighter bombers, COW
cred by LOG jet fighters.
Bridgeheads Expanded.
Meanwhile, South Korean troop.
expanded their three bridgehead'
inside Red Korea. All were on the
eastern front.
The third crossing of the 38tt
Parallel was made southeast Of
the Red supply base of Inje. Ar
earlier wedge was driven south Of
Inje. Other South Koreans were
north of the border on the eastern
Seaboard.
South Koreans advanced the
western end of the U. N. line {
more miles today. They were
helped by tanks that literally over
ran IA Red guns.
These were the only solid fronts
The 9th Army estimated Rec
losses for the day at 915 killed OF
wounded.