KNOCK-OUT BLOW

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21354, 15 March 1944, Page 3

KNOCK-OUT BLOW

ALLIES NOW SET DECISION IN 60 DAYS

CRUSHING OF LUFTWAFFE {By Telegraph—Press 1 Assn. —Copyright.) (10 a.m.) LONDON, March 14. If enemy planes do not ascend to fight, they will be destroyed on the ground. Germany, if necessary, will be warned of imminent air attacks in order to bring the Luftwaffe to battle. It is learned in London that it may be desirable and practicable, when conditions change, to use on day raids Royal Air Force bomber squadrons trained and equipped for night operations. The United States Air Force stated that it is prepared to lose whatever is necessary to knock out the Luftwaffe. The United States Air Force is all set to carry out its mission of the Anal destruction, of the Luftwaffe. The air war, granted favourable weather, will be decided in 30 to 60 days. The Americans believe they have the Luftwaffe’s number but the Luftwaffe is not down yet and the war cannot be won without round-the-clock co-operation of the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force bombing. If the Americans knock out an important factory in the daytime the Royal Air Force will knock out, for example, a factory turning our girders needed for the reconstruction of the factory. The United States Air Force in Britain continues to be built up. More crews and planes are now available. The construction of thife vast force in two years is regarded as . one of the greatest examples of American hustle in history.

It is pointed out that the weather is a present the great stumbling block to day and night raids. The United States Air Force in the recent raid on Munster was at first compelled to fly under blind conditions. The United States Air Force losses over Germany were almost entirely due to fighter opposition. Enemy anti-aircraft guns did not cause the pilots to deviate from their bombing.