Show Near Gale Wind Fans Big Fires As B B Hit J Jap p Plane Plant vr wi WASHINGTON Dec 4 UPA UP-A UP A major portion of the big aircraft works in t the e western suburbs of Tokyo was believed in jn smoldering ruins Monday following Sundays Sunday's s heavy by bv of f B 29 Striking at aLt the Japan Japanese capital CPi capi fa tal til for the fourth time and the rt works works' f for the second I time in nine days the giant raiders raid raid- ers era laid their bombs in perfect strings rectangular gular factory b buildings and to 10 fires a as lu th tJi back to their Sal Sal- pan b bases s. s Near gale Near winds probably turned the fires firu into more than one con con- fl l n. n The raid was was was' considered considered considered consid consid- ered one o of the most if not the most suc successful yet made by the air afI force orce on Tokyo ok q Thc The attack came simultaneously with an th a admission by Japanese Premier Gen that ui war the situation was critical t f for Japan with her most urgent need d an increase in planes arms and md other fighting power Conditions of our material fighting power d do not permit any optimism whatsoever and are Zar tar from re Tokyo radio ra ra- ra- ra df dio quoted as telling a conference conference con con- ference of government munitions superintendents The broadcast was recorded by F FCC C C m monitors I The B ran into heavy fighter fight fight- er opposition over Tokyo Sunday and returning crews told of battling bat bat- tUng enemy planes for as long as 50 minutes at altitudes of ot up to six aix miles mUes They told United Press War Correspondent Mac R. R Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son at that single and twin twin- fighters dived on on them with blazing guns in groups of three and six But the crushing superiority of firepower of the big four bombers proved conclusive Four and perhaps 12 enemy fighters were des destroyed royed while only one B 29 was lost to fighter action over the target fire moderate was described as The weather favored the B and they bombed visually from irom sunny skies One Ono squadron reported reported reported re re- re- re ported that 75 of at Its It bombs fell within the plant area We Wc saw the target very clearly clearly clear clear- ly 2nd Lt John lid Dd of Ogden Utah who flew as as tail tan gunner on onono onono ono one B 29 t told ld Johnson As liAs we were going away from the target I saw eight to 10 fires fires' and lots lot of smoke in the tho building area The a. a plant of at the Nak- Nak ajima aircraft works produces components for a a. number of different dif dif- dif dif- ferent Japanese planes and Is a key cog In Japans Japan's aircraft raft industry Japanese broad broadcasts conceded that fires broke out at t several places In Tokyo during the raid but asserted they were put under control through gh the efforts of ot our civilian air defense units unit I |