Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-01-15 | Page 2 | B-29s Attack Formosa, Honshu in Successful Daylight Raids

B Attack Formosa Honshu In Successful Daylight Raids WASHINGTON Jan 15 GT 1 Americas America's heavyweights of or the air B boldly struck Japan with another two one-two attack Sunday While Thile one fleet Cleet of bombed the fortress island o of Formosa Formosa For For- mosa mesa main link to the beleaguered Philippines another force blasted tho the home island of Honshu The Japanese radio reported another another an an- other raid on Formosa Monday morning The raid by carrier planes lasted four and one-half one hours Tokyo said Both Sundays Sunday's raids were made in Irs daylight with good s results and light losses Formosa 90 miles of off the China i I coast is a concentration point for enemy planes troops and supplies It has been bombed frequently in recent months Maj Gen Curtis E. E Le Lc Mays May's China-based China air force made the raid on Formosa Fighter opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position was lacking Brig Gen H. H S. S Hansell's bomber Domber group made the run on Honshu from bases blasting blasting blast blast- ing big the huge Nagoya aircraft manufacturing center The Tokyo radio reported that more than 60 struck at Honshu while 50 others bombed Formosa Several of the Forts were brought down and damage to military military mili mill tary targets was negligible the Japanese claimed They admitted however that the planes were over Honshu for an hour and a half