Round-the-clock Offensive Mounting to Climax

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 61, 15 March 1944, Page 5

Round-the-clock Offensive Mounting to Climax

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) Received Tuesday, 5.5 p.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 R.A.F. squadrons trained and equipped for night operations. The United States Air Force is stated to be prepared to lose whatever planes arc necessary to knock out the Luftwaffe. The United States Air Force is all set to carry out its mission for the final destruction of the Luftwaffe. The aii war granted favourable weather will be decided in 30 to 60 days. The Americans believe they have the Luftwaffe’s number, hut the Luftwaffe is not down yet and the war cannot he won without round-the-clock cooperation of the United States Air Force and R.A.F. bombing. If the Americans knock out an important factory in the daytime the R.A.F. will knock out, for example, a factory turning out girders needed for the reconstruction of the factory. The United States Air Force in Britain continues to he built up. More crews and planes are now available and the construction of this 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 at present is a great stumbling block to day and night raids. The United States Air Force in the recent Munster raid was at first compelled to fly under blind conditions. United States Air Force losses over Germany are almost entirely due to fighter opposition. Enemy anti-aircraft guns did not cause the pilots to deviate from their bombing runs.