One Jet Plane Ends
Non-Stop Flight
England To Maine
Limestone Airforce Base, Me.,
(A*)—An oil spattered Thunder jet
fighter plane here is proof the
“Flame throwers” can hop the
Atlantic in one swoop—if they’re
refueled in flight.
This one did Friday, completing
the world’s first non-stop, inter
continental flight by a jet aircraft.
A companion plane came to
grief over Labrador, but its pilot
parachuted safely.
Col. David C. Schilling flew his
single engine F-84 fighter 3,300
miles from Manston, England, to
Limesetone in ten hours and one
minute.
Headwinds kept the Fort Lea
venworth, Kas., World War II ace
from endangering the 1949 record
set by a Pan American Airways
stratoliner that flew 3,565 miles in
nine hours, 16 minutes on a 110
mile tail wind.
Schilling landed tired by happy
at this northern main bomber
base.
He said “everything went per
fectly” on his flight.
An airforce official in Washing
ton said his flying mate, Lt. Col.
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president of the Chamber of Com
merce, recently returned from
looking over the property and
equipment.
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likely to be attacked.
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William D. Ritchie of Pine Bluff,
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Ark., had trouble refueling from
a tanker plaYie over Goosebay,
Lab., and apparently didn’t get
enough fuel to carry his ship
through.
A rescue helicopter from Goose
bay picked up Ritchie unhurt.
Both veteran pilots were on a
mission to give jet refueling tech
nique an acid test.
Air refueling already is stand
ard practice for bombers.
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U. S. Planes Bomb,
And Straf British
Ground Troops
Somewhere in Southeast Korea.
(A3)—An Associated Press photog
rapher said American planes
bombed and strafed British ground
troops by mistake Saturday while
trying to give them close-in air
support.
The combat photographer, Gene
Herrick, said he saw the incident
from a command past some 400
yards away.
Herrick said casualties among
the British apparently were heavy.'
Some were badly burned, he said,
by napalm jellied gasoline bombs.
Others were wounded by strafing.
Herrick said he saw about 40
wounded returned to the advance
post.
There was no immediate official
statement on the tragic bombing.
Air Force and General MacAr
thur’s headquarters were expect
ed to await full reports from the
field before issuing statements.
The British were elements of
the .27th Brigade, which included
troops from the Argyll and Suth
erland Highlanders. They were
among 1,000 British reinforce-!
ments who came to Korea Aug. 29
from Hong Kong.
Herrick said U. S. air support
was called in as the British sol
diers were attacking Hill 303 near]
Taegu against stiff North Korean!
resistance. The hill is five miles
west of the Naktong River.
Herrick said he took a number
of pictures of the incident, but set
aside his camera to help carry lit
ter of wunded back across the
river.
Some of the British troops were
angry, but others, including Pvt.
Atrhur Holmes of Liverpool, were
philosophical. Holmes said “It’s
just one of those things. This is
something that couldn’t be helped.
Up to now the Yank Air Force has
given us very good support.”
Wife—I see that in some parts
of India a wife can be bought for
$2. Isn’t that awful?
Husband—I don’t know. A good
wife would be worth it.
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