Evening star., 1952-08-30
u. n. Flyers Bag
5 jets, Hit Z
lin Red Armada
Violent Clashes Near
Power Dam Follow
Pyongyong Attack
By the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL, Korea, Aug. 30.-U. N.
Sabre jet pilots today shot down
five Communist-built jets, prob
ably destroyed a sixth and Grip
pied II of a force of 100 in furious
air battles near Suiho Dam and
Sinuiju in extreme Northwest
Korea, the United States 5th Air
Force said.
It was the biggest armada Of
Red fighters sent against the
Allies in months.
Seventy-nine American Sabres
piloted by British and
Canadian airmen under an ex-
change program - engaged the
100 Red MICS swarming out Of
Manchuria. It was a fiery after
math to yesterdays record Allied
air smash at Pyongyang, the
North Korean capital.
Capt. Clifford Jolley of Salt
Lake City, one of two remaining
United States jet aces in Korea.
damaged one MIG, the <kir Force
said, and a Briton and a Canadian
each damaged two.
Best Total for Month.
The blazing dogfights raised the
U. N. toll for August to record
of 80 MICS destroyed. three
probably shot down and AZ dam
aged-probably the best monthly
total of the war.
U. N. losses if any, would be
reported in a weekly summary
next week.
The Communist Pyongyang ra.
dio was silent tonight for the Sec
ond straight night-apparently
because yesterdays giant raid
knocked out its power for the
third time this year.
The propaganda station is be-
lieved located in a subterranean
Red meeting place which, with
Red army headquarters, factories
and stockpiles, was marked for de-
struction in the dawn-to-dusk
strike.
The 5th Air Force indicated the
massive blow was carried out with
few If any U. N. planes lost.
The Navy said none Of its car
rier-based fighter bombers which
few $50 of the record 1,443 indi-
vidual flights over Pyongyang was
shot down. In its summary for
the week ended yesterday. the Air
Force said three U. N. planes were
lost to ground fire and one to un-
explained causes the last seven
days. Whether they were on the
Pyongyang raid was not disclosed.
Power installations Hit.
Seventeen Japan-based B-29
Superforts last night followed up
the three-wave Pyongyang assault
with a raid on newly repaired Red
power installations at the Chang
jim reservoir in Northeast Korea.
Three other B-29s hit other tar.
gets.
Allied fighter -bombers today
hammered at the Haeju Peninsula
and Red western front positions.
despite cloudy skies. The Air
Force said F-80 Shooting Stars
destroyed eight buildings of q
troop concentration near Yonan
on the 38th Parallel. Marine
Corsair and Skyraider pilots re-
ported they demolished or dam
aged SO supply buildings On the
same sector.
A United States Marine flyer on
the Pyongyang smash said his
squadron poured 104 tons Of
bombs on an underground meet
ing place for high Red officials.
The supply area for Pyongyang
radio, Red Army headquarters, the
Communist Department of JUS
tice and other targets on the capi-
tails main street.
U. N. planes bombed and strafed
Communist targets other than
Pyongyang yesterday to boost the
days total of fights to a record
Its.
Anti-Aircraft Fire Heavy.
United States Air Force, Marine
and Navy carrier planes converged
over Pyongyang after civilians
had been warned by radio and
leaflet to flee. Australian, South
African and South Korean planes
joined in the assault.
United States Sabre jet pilots
shot down one Russian built MIG
and damaged two other Red jets
yesterday, the Air Force reported.
No Red fighters reached Pyong-
yang.
Pilots reported they flew through
heavy anti-aircraft fire. They de-
|scribed Pyongyang as black with
smoke and rocking with explosions.
Korean-based planes dropped
Glib tons of bombs and 1000 gall
Ions of fiery gasoline and fired
1000 rounds on 40 targets in the
ruined city. The bomb tonnage
equals about what 81 Super Forts
could carry.
On the Korean ground front.
Communist and Allied troops
spared lightly again yesterday
and early today.
A staff officer reported Chinese
troops fired about 500 rounds Of
artillery and mortar during the
night at U. N.-held Bunker Hill