BOMB DROPPED NEAR U.N.

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25555, 24 July 1948, Page 7

BOMB DROPPED NEAR U.N.

POLICE SEARCH FOR PILOT OF,PLANE

NO DAMAGE CAUSED TO BUILDING

(Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 22. A small single-engined aeroplane to-day flew over the United Nations beadquarters at Lake Success and dropped a home-made bomb attached to a parachute from a height of about 150 feet. . , , The bomb was carried by the wind outside the United Nations grounds. It exploded in an open area, causing no damage- to the United Nations building. A United Nations guard said that the aeroplane contained the pilot only, and it just missed the rcof and aerials of the United Nations radio station. The Mitchell Field army air base sent out six Black Widow fighters to search for the aeroplane from which the bomb was dropped. Later in the afternoon an aeroplane landed at the La Guardia airfield without ..communication with the control tower. A member of the airport staff who went to reprimand the pilot said that the man gave his name as S. J. Supina He seemed very nervous and spoke with a Slav accent He borrowed 40 cents, saying that he wished to go to the city but would return to the airport in about four hours. Supina said that he had borrowed the aeroolane from the owner. Ray Ives of Williamantic, Connecticut. Ives’ subsequently told the La Guardia authorities to detain the aircraft, saying that Supina was no authorised to fly beyond the Williamantic area Police who searched the aeroplane found a map of the Lake Success area with several United Nations buildings marked with crosses. They placed the aircraft under guard, and a search was made for.Supina. who had not returned to the airport by his stated time. The police found that he was registered as a student pilot at Williamantic. . . Ives said that Supina was training ax his aviation school under a former serviceman’s grant. He was about 36. Supina had been “very much concerned” about the current European situation. He was a flight engineer and turrent gunner during the war. The police said that Supina s brother had informed them that Supina was subject to hallucinations.