U.S. AIR ATTACKS CONTINUE

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26159, 8 July 1950, Page 7

U.S. AIR ATTACKS CONTINUE

TARGETS IN NORTH KOREA PLANE LOSSES EQUAL ENEMY’S Sec. II p.m.) TOKYO, July 7. General MacArthur announced toay that two light bombers were lost unng air actions yesterday. For the second day running Flying ortresses made successful strikes gainst important targets in North orea. The missions included a radar ombing attack on an oil refinery at ronson. a town iurt north of the 39th arallel. Bad weather prevented the isu.ts being observed. Marshalling yards at Kojo. about 30 lies south-east of Wonson. were orr.bed visually with excellent reifs. while a railway and a road nage in the same area were also Superfortresses attacked the dock ea of Chinnampo. damaging a fac>ry in which explosions were ob»rved. The United States Far Eastern Air orce flew more than 1100 sorties in ie first 10 days of operations in -orea. according to a statement by leutenant-General Stratemeyer. Its rst job was to pick up Americans randed in the path of the advancing P™ 1 Koreans during the first days the offensive. More than 850 civilRa. mostly the wives and children American military and diplomatic ?. ■ were flown to safety in spite oad weather. -Jeutenant-General Stratemeyer said a j and limited visibility daylight had limited the use of pier planes for low-level strafing jssions. which had proved the most aective weapon against the North orean troop and supply movements material destroyed in the -10 days of action included 156 hcks. 11 locomotives, and 28 railed cars. E‘?ht tanks fell victims to armouring rockets carried i?y fighters, 14 bu=es were destroyed. seventeen North Korean aircraft destroyed by the United States >moer and fighter attacks. Most Sk x® strov ed on the ground. A urn Korean pilot accounted for an«Sj?lane - and the Nav y air -'trikes fo ? r more making a total of 22 s destr oyed. e Far East Air Force’s losse:» for J oenod were also 22. Half of these onal combat losses and half operaan< i Konoo. two of the m.vs key airfields, were put out i°n by bombing. The Conin';?: movement southward was ec or stopped bv continuing at- \. s on kev arteries. at sunerioritv in the South Korean °* the greatest value •nto forces, and this adbeen maintained in spite ■h*® , lq ‘ L3ncP of the lines from the smer bases in Japan.

VOLUNTEERS FROM PHILIPPINES

fe4v 5 .u m -’ MANILA, July 6. thousand Philippine Scouts, lri qv ns the war against Japan, repe fl °“ ere< f t° join the American against the North Koretha A e Scouts formerly were part American Army in the Philip-