GREAT ASSEMBLAGE.
TRANSPORT PLANES AT OKINAWA. I (Rec. 1 p.m.) OKINAWA, Aug. 22. The greatest fleet of four-engined Skymaster transport planes assembled on one field spread over two square miles of Kadena aerodrome, as the Army Transport Command concentrated airliners from all over the world for an unannounced mission—presumably the carrying of Allied occupation troops to Japan. Scores of big silver aircraft are parked double in stands along the service aprons and runways where MajorGeneral James Doolittle’s SuperFortresses were to be based for aerial offensive operations. Each incoming plane brought not only its own five-man crew but another crew and a half as spares, also five ground force personnel. There was a sudden concentration of 2600 fliers, 1000 mechanics and 150 or more administrative men to be fed, sheltered and supplied. All Air_ Transport Command planes returning to, their proper stations are resuming world services as soon as the mission is completed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 268, 23 August 1945, Page 5
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