Show I BO SINI GE SM Slur P Obsolete Planes Do Good ork Work In Sham Air Attack S bAN hAX AX Cal Cl reb Feb 1 lq- lq File rhe obsolete naval bombIng I planes ot of the vintage ot of 1917 sank a simulated nought in target practice here her dropping 20 TT T I bombs on or near neur the ana representing I the y enen-y essi from from an al al- al ot of feet I Aviator I participating in the test lest were ere jubilant over the re results ull and 1 declared that hal had the ben bein l equipped quipped with th moll modern rn bomber I they could liae hae ha e attacked a from an altitude of ot from 10 to 15 feet rt it with Ith greater grater speed peed and ac- ac curacy and anti with a t much greater grealer I neasure of ot safety from the Ih opera opera- I lions of antiaircraft gun suns guns Die planes plane f flew In IV a I shaped Y-shaped V I formation each cacti of the tho fIo earr- earr carr earrIn log In inc two Iwo bombs of pound T r TM r content Their first try Iry It at the tho th lar- lar lart lara tar fit Pu t a was con effective that thatIs I is nh all of the ten len bombs dropped I came elos close enough to the tho lal get t to ha hae 0 caused rlou dam damage ge I It was as in iii the second attack how ho ho eer that thai Iho the squadron mado made Its I lest bet record oot o 01 one or of o the ten bombs oppe 1 In thi this sah salo sal k 0 h the nater lter more than Ihan IS 15 I I I ards off oft the th me mean n point of center 1 lor of the simulated J Ihl 1 his mean mean man point of center w I the the hull ot of o an In tn old olti ft fl In lag boat boal It was a 10 towed totted ell al at a t speed of app 0 ir Iely IS 15 an hour anti and OI- OI ii- ii I 11 circling ot of o this tiny target center h the ten tn bombs Ib a was sit do don ln n a as asa asi I Ia a pe fOCI straddle by I or s Commander J S I su Ssu squadron ong who ho ltd led tue bombIng bombine squat squad ron was waa quoted as after Deter the IheI I test t that the results proved I titer General Mitchell HI was lutey luiey l col t as to the ftp effo nes lies f of ot bombardment bomb f fi om H It it II upon war ar vessels vesel Admiral fohrt Kob rl lJ 1 corn com mander commander man r of the Mlle Stites fleet fiet said tie lie watched the test lesl te l with g gI eat et Interest andas and was Has gretti pleased 00 |