INGENIOUS PLOT FRUSTRATED
FIFTH COLUMINISTS IN U.S. GUIDE TO ENEMY BOMBERS New York, Aug. 10. 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 had 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 all the marks have been destroyed and proper action taken against the would be saboteurs.— P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 5
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153INGENIOUS PLOT FRUSTRATED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 5
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