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Show Japs Respect U. S. Bombers "Bill" Jones Writes From India Tost Japanese fliers thoroughly respect re-spect American Vengeance dive I bombers, according to a letter from J William H. "Bill" Jones, technical representative of Consolidated Vul-tee Vul-tee aircraft corporation, and former sergeant in Logan's national guard company, who is stationed in India. In-dia. Stationed in India since March, 1941, Mr. Jones wrote that he had been following the dive bomber work in advance areas for some time, watching performance of the Vengeance bombers and RAF fighter planes during several allied bombing missions and three Jap attacks against the allied base. "The airfield on which the Vengeance Ven-geance was operating was the object ob-ject of the Japs' first big attack by 20 Jap army 97 bombers and 20 'O' fighters," he wrote. 'They dropped about 40 big bombs in the dispersal area of our bombers, but thanks to the radio warning system, all aircraft had sufficient time to scramble. The' Japs took a severe beating, losing six bombers bomb-ers and seven fighters. We lost two fighters." On their next raid, the Japanese caught two bombers on the ground because three members of the allied al-lied air crews were sick, he wrote, but the enemy lost six bombers. He said the Vengeance bombers "always hit any kind of target from native huts to airdromes." The Hurricane fighter escort planes take off before the bombres on a raid since pilots have learned they have some trouble catching up with the bombers, Mr. Jones said. His wife, M.-3. Wilda Jones, and their two daughters, live at 181 West First South street, Logan. |