Show Air Forces Team learn 1 To Blast Biasi Balkans LONDON July 3 UP UP-Amer- UP Amer American ican heavy bombers of the Britain Britain- based Eighth and nod Italy based air forces teamed up for the first anno announced time Monday in a powerful powerful pow pow- erful attack on oil facilities in Romania Romania Ro Ro- mania Hungary and Yugoslavia Eighth air nir force heavy bombers I flew from Italy as guests of Ma MaJ j Gen Nathan F. F Twining's a Rome announcement disclosed dis dis- closed Big bombers of Lt Gen James H H. Doolittles Doolittle's Eighth arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived in Italy last week at the end of oc the first to Russia Italy triangle s shuttle bombing of axis targets Oil refineries storage depots and transportation facilities scattered across a broad reach of the Balkans Balkans Balkans Bal Bal- kans were the objectives of the combined bombardment Monday Nazi broadcasts said more than American planes attacked Budapest Budapest Bu Bu- Bu Monday morning The daylight daylight daylight day day- light bombing of the Balkans followed followed fol fol- lowed a night assault by R H A F heavy bO bombers on the oil refinery at t Bucharest Between and Fortresses and Liberators escorted by Mustangs Mustangs Mustangs Mus Mus- tangs and made the daylight raid Fifteenth air force Fortresses bombed oil facilities at Arad In western Romania 18 18 miles from the Hungarian border Forts orts of the Eighth here after acter the Russian shuttle operation bombed near near-by rail yards on the Budapest line Good results re results re re- suIts were ee reported |