Show DOOLITTLE IN PACIFIC PLANS FIRST AIR FORCE BLOW GUAM Jul July 23 UP Gen James H H. Doolittle who struck the first air blow nt at Japan with a handful of Mitchell bombers more than three years ago returned to the Pacific war Monday at the head of a new Eighth air force Doolittle announced that his U. U S. S Eighth air force whose Flying Forts Ports and Liberators helped knock Germany out of the war has moved into Okinawa for the final phase of the war var against Japan The flying general told correspondents his reconstituted reconstituted Eighth a air r force comprising and es es- forting fighter squadrons will win be ready for its first B 29 strike at Japan by mid revealed He-revealed that about half the v veteran Eighth air force that fought the battle of Europe has been redeployed to the United States with the rest remaining in Europe as asan r an occupation air ir force His new command he said sold will be formed chiefly from froma a nucleus of officers and men of the existing bomber command plus personnel from the U United States Ultimately Doolittle said the Eighth air force will be built up to about bout the size of the air force now operating operating ing from the Marianas Doolittle said he did not believe air power alone could win the war against Japan but t that at It might in conjunction conjunction conjunction tion with other allied services force the Japanese to quit without an invasion |