The Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia. Tuesday Morning. August 18, 1942.
U. S. Flying Fortresses Heavily Bomb Rouen;
Navy Says Solomon Fight 'Ends Victoriously'
High Degree of Cooperation Exists Between American, British Air
Chieftains, Peck Reveals Following Conference With Spaatz
U. S. ARMY AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS IN BRITAIN
Aug. 17.—(INS)—Planes f r om
both the U. S. air force and the
RAF will supply the necessary air
support for any invasion of the
continent, it was revealed tonight
by Air Marshal R. H. Peck,
assistant chief of the British general
air staff.
The British air force officer
made his disclosure following a
conference with Maj. Gen. Carl
Spaatz, commander of the U. S.
air force in Europe, and added
that soon American fliers will be
carrying out independent raids
against German targets.
It was revealed shortly afterward
that American bombers today
carried out an independent
attack Rouen occupied France
Not One Plane Lost
In Precision Attack
Of American Fliers
Great Pall of Smoke, Sand' Observed Rising
Over Railway Yards of Normandy Capital;
Brig. Gen. Eaker Leads Own Bombers;
Alabama 'Belly Gunner' Bags Foe
AN AMERICAN BOMBER STATION IN BRITAIN, Aug.
17.—(AP)—Powerful flying fortress crews led personally by
Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker dropped tons of explosives by daylight
today on the railway yards at Rouen in France in the1
first full fledged ail-American bombing blow against the
Nazis.
The Americans met and mastered the latest-type German
fighter planes. Not a single American bomber was lost, and
their bombs hit "the heart of the target,"
"They carried out their mission nonchalantly and coolly,"
said tough, cigar-smoking Gen. Eaker proudly of his men aa
he climbed out of his "Yankee Doodle" craft which made the
historic high-level precision run. over Rouen.
Marines Pictured
'Well Established'
Review of First American
Sea Offensive Reveals
Japanese Now Lack
Carrier Force
Enemy Surface Units
Driven From Tulagi
Close-Range Night Conflict
On Ocean Is Narrated
By Communique
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—(AP)—
The first phase of the American
invasion of Japanese-held territory
In the southwest Pacific
has ended victoriously, the navy
disclosed today, with marine occupation
forces in the Ouadalcanal-
Tulagi area of the Solomon
islands holding "well established"
positions.
The victory was not won without
losses, a navy communique made
clear, but the Japanese, in addition
to being forced to relinquish territory
of great strategic value, lost at
least 36 aircraft, suffered damage
to their naval forces and had "a
number" of troops taken prisoner.
The navy carefully refrained from
announcing -the extent of damage
to American forces, saying that
such Information would be of value
to the enemy, but it had previously
announced that one U. S. cruiser
had been sunk and two cruisers,
two destroyers and one transport
damaged.
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