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AID TO JAP. BOMBERS LANDSCAPE DIRECTIONS U.S. AIRMEN'S VIGILANCE (10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 11. The vigilance of the United States Army air force frustrated an ingenious “fifth column” plot to direct enemy bombers straight to vital American east coast air bases and factories. A remarkable set of photographs, taken from army observation planes, show giant arrows and other symbols on the landscape, pointing directly to aircraft plants, ammunition factories and aerodromes. Secret guide .posts, visible only from the air, have been woven skilfully into the natural topography of the countryside. In one area a huge section of farmland had been ploughed up, forming a perfect arrow, which pointed to a nearby plane factory. Sacks of grain in another field formed the figure nine with the tail pointing to a war plant. An Army Department statement says that all the marks have been destroyed and proper action taken against the would-be saboteurs.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20860, 12 August 1942, Page 3
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