Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1929, Page 10

10 * THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 6, 1929—PART 1. NEW AR TACTICS CLOSE ARMY SHOW Specialized Combat Thrills Spectators and Shows Devastating Force. ‘The military exposition which closed at Washington Barracks last night in- troduced to the Natfonal Capital sev- eral of the latest advances in combat aviation, and brought to this city, for the first time, a squadron of the 1a- mous 3rd Attack Group, from Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex. Some of the best military flying seen hcre in several years has been a feature of the three- day exposition. The 3rd Attack Group Squadron, composed of two flights of nine planes each, led by Maj. John Jouett, com- mander of the group, made its only appearance yesterday afternoon, 1aving been delayed by persistent bad weather. It was the National Capital's first opportunity to witness the combat tac- tics of attack aviation, a specialized type of aerial fighting which has been originated since the close of the World War, and which, according to Army experts, constitutes one of the greatest threats to ground forces developed in many decades. Combat airplanes are not designed to fight other planes; they concern them- selves entirely with enemy infantry, artillery, field trains and other ground targets. Their attack is of overwhelm- ing intensity, and they operate ha- bitually at low altitudes, usual'y around 100 feot. Yesterday afternoon. during the progress of the ground spectacle, “Smashing Through the Argonne,” a Te-enactment of {he portion of ' the | World War battle in which Sergt. Alvin York covered himself with glory, the attack planes demonstrated ~their method of blotting out an enemy strongpoint on the battle tine. Sweeping in over tke battle line with- out warning, appearing first at a dis- tance of cnly a few hundred yards from behind a row of trees and build- ings, they delivered a whirlwind attack which was over in .ess than two minutes, Each of the 18 planes carried 6 ma- chine guns and racks for 10 fragmenta- tion bombs. During the brief period of their attack, Army experts have calcu- Itaed, a squadron of attack planes has the fire power of an infantry division of 30,000 men, with field artillery. The whole of this murderous fire may be concentrated on a small seg- ment on the enemy line and delivered on an enemy stupefied by the sud- denness of the attack and unable to set up a defense. In addition to the attack aviation, which is entirely new here, the Army Air Corps introduced new types of com- bat maneuvers for the bombardment planes. Seven big twin-motored LB-7 bombers, three of them participating for the first time yesterday afternoon, demonstrated their newest defensive formations, and various bombardment formations for different types of tar- gets. They also flew the deadly “Lufberry” circle, a weaving “snake dance” sort of attack. in which all the heavy machine- gun fire of an entire bombardment squadron may be brought to bear on a single target. Pursuit aviation maneuvers were demonstrated by a flight of nine pursuit planes from the First Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich., under command of Maj. Ralph Royce. The latest developments in military acrobatics, were revealed by three of the Air Corps' best pursuit pilots—Capt. Frank O'D. (“Monk”) Hunter, Capt. Ira C. Eaker and Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada. Capt. Hunter gave the crowd a thrill by bursting small balloons carrying light percussion charges at a low alti- tude over the stands. He burst some of them with the propeller blades of his plane at little more than 100 feet above the stands. Lieut. George P. Tourtellot, Air Corps, with a smoke bomb attached to the wing of his plane, gave a realistic imitation of a flaming plane spinning down out of control, after the pilot had fallen victim to an enemy gunner. At night the aerial demonstration was given by three 02-H Douglass ob- servation planes outlined with electric lights. Each ship was outlined with three sets of lights, with red, white and blue bulbs, controlled by the pilots, ap- proximately 150 bulbs being used on each plane. Sergt. Early Decorated SERGT. BERNARD EARLY, Wearing the Distinguished Service Cross awarded him yesterday by Secretary of War Good. He is a pal of Sergt. York, famous Tennessee hero. —Star Staff Photo. ARLINGTON FIREMEN’S AUXILIARY GIVES SHOWER Fire Lieut. and Mrs. C. E. Scheffel, Recently Wed, Are Recipients. A miscellaneous shower for Fire Lieut. and Mrs. Carl E. 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