GUIDING MARKS
FOR ATTACKING BOMBERS DISCOVERED IN EASTERN U.S.A. FIFTH COLUMN PLOT FRUSTRATED. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) NEW YORK, August 10. The vigilance of» the United States Army and Air Force has frustrated an ingenious Fifth Column plot to direct enemy bombers straight to vital American air bases and factories on the east coast. 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 a figure nine with the tail pointing to a war plant. An Army Department statement says all the marks have been destroyed and proper action has been taken against' the would-be saboteurs.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1942, Page 3
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