Evening star., 1952-09-06
u. n. !. Bombers Batter
Army Headquarters
|0f Korea Communists.
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea. Sept. 6.-The
United States 5th Air Force said
U. N. fighter bombers today
smashed big North Korean army
headquarters in the second
straight day of whitening assault
on Northeast Korea.
At the eastern end of the battle
front. United States 25th Division
infantrymen hammered back a
Communist attack with fists and
bayonets on Sandbag Hill. an Al
lied outpost.
United States Air Force and
Marine and Australian planes
hurled high explosives, rockets
and machine gun bullets at the
North Korean 5th Corps head
quarters near Kowon, the Air
Force said. Pilots said they set
10 large fires, demolished 56 struc-
lures and damaged 20.
"The buildings just seemed to-
collapse like they were made of
playing cards. said Capt. Felix
Fowler Of Cleveland.
Tungsten Mine Bombed.
Other fighter bombers and
B-26 light bombers blasted a tung-
stem mine southwest of the North
eastern Korean port of Wonsan.
Fighter bombers also pounded
west coast and other battlefront
targets.
Sabre jet pilots reported they
probably shot down one Russian
built MIG and damaged another
in air battles involving 80 Allied
fighters and more than SO Red
jets.
In Tokyo the Air Force said that
Sabre pilots last Thursday rolled
up new unofficial record for al
single day when they downed 14|
MIGs-13 shot down and one
which crashed without being hit.
The latter isn't listed officially as
a kill.
The revised score resulted from
a study Of gun camera films which
confirmed that Capt. Norman L..
Box of North Hollywood, Calf,
shot down a MIG. He bagged
another Friday.
Victory Ratio Exceeds 10 to I.
The Air Force reported the first
SabreS lost in aerial combat since
l.. Two F-86s were shot
down by Communist warplanes|
during the week ended Friday.
Five other U. N. planes-including
two Sabres-were lost to other
The 81 MICS shot down
during the period made a victory
ratio of better than 10 to l.
The pre-dawn hareup of bitter
ground fighting followed a triple
attack on Communist war stock
piles on Korea's east coast Fri
day by American bombers and
carrier-based Navy planes.
Although the Communists pulled
back after three hours of bruising
battle on Sand Bag, Brig. Gen.
Samuel Williams of Dallas, Tex,
assistant commander of the 25th
Division. said it appeared that the
entire Red force stayed, because
they were dead"
Artillery Fire Continues.
Forty North Koreans supported
by artillery attacked the outpost
east of the Satae Valley shortly
after midnight. Red reinforce
ments were thrown in the fight as
lnfantrymen came together in
furious hand-to-hand fighting.
The Communist force withdrew
three hours later, but Red artillery
continued to lombard Sang Bag. |
The 9th Army said the Com
munistS fired 1900 rounds of NOR
tar and artillery during the fight.
During the battle, four U. N. |
fighter bombers swooped over the
hill and knocked out one Com
munist artillery nest.
IS Fires Started.
Pilots said chain explosions
rippled across Red supply center
at the port of Hungnam last night
as II Superforts from Okinawa
hurled 100 tons of bombs. The
Air Force said the B-29s had no
opposition.
At the same time B-26 bombers
attacked supply dumps at Puk-
chong, a railroad town so miles
north of Hungnam. Pilots reported
their bombs started IS fires and
caused lis secondary explosions.
Leaflets were dropped, reminding
civilians they had been forewarned
Of the raid.