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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 1103.PDF
BARREL BLAST BAYS : Italian wine casks filled with earth form the foundations of blast-protection walls for an Allison- engined Mustang on an airfield in the Anzio beachhead. AVERY significant happening in recent days was the bombing of one of the Bonin Islands by an American Liberator. The Bonin Islands are not much over 500 miles from Yokohama, in Japan, and, as the aircraft flies, 500 is quite near. Bomb ing a place is not the same as estab- , Mishing an air base there, and the time is not imminent when the inhabitants of Tokyo will have their complacency disturbed by the crash of falling bombs, or see their wooden dwellings blazing by the thousand as the in cendiaries rain down; but certainly the Allies are edging nearer to the land of Nippon, and this raid on Bonin is surely the shadow of coming events. The Allied peoples are now in a mood of optimism. It is, nevertheless, a mistake to overstate a case, for that is apt to .result in disappointment, followed by depression. Gen. Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces, is reported to have said at Chicago the other day that the Allied bombing of German-held territory constituted an invasion '' in the deadliest sense of the word." We cannot agree with the General that bombing is at all the same as an invasion. The latter implies occupation, which can only be achieved by an army. The bombers fight battles^ very bitter battles, then destroy the enemy's resources to the best of their ability, and finally come h®^ie. That their brave work will ease the difficulties of the invading Army is IN NORTHERN WATERS : Escort carrier H.M.S. Chaser as seen from a Swordfish which has just !eft her deck. H.M.S. Chaser played an important part in the recent Russian convoy action when at least two U-boats were sunk.
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