Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-17 | Page 8 | Fliers Put Bazookas on 'Cubs'

Ii Fliers Put Bazookas on Cubs WASHINGTON Nov 17 UP Two vo Two army Piper Cub artillery spotters in France envious of rocket-carrying rocket Thunderbolt fighters fight fight- ers have invented a new secret weapon of their own the own the grass hopper-borne hopper bazooka the war department revealed Friday Figuring we ought to have I something to shoot with Lieutenants Lieutenants Lieu Lieu- I tenants Harley Merrick Richmond Ca Cal and Roy Carson San FranI Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- I cisco picked up four bazookas from an ordnance salvage dump and fastened one to the underside of each of the wings of their small planes Then they went out to todo todo todo do battle Carson now has a Panther tank and two enemy machine gun nests to his credit Merrick knocked out two Germ German n cargo trucks and has harassed hundreds of enemy troops We may not have killed many Germans Merrick said in his re re- re- re port but were we're sure scaring hell hel out of them