Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1941 — Page 13

U.S. Planes to Have Big Role in Near East War Dogfightin g Cha a hee’

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Garmen Vasil Described as Tremendous Both Sides Know There Is No Retreat.

By HENRY T. GORRELL - _.. United Press Staff Correspondent © WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE : i, PALESTINE, VIA HAIFA, May + -2l—{(Delayed)—(U, P.) .—Large numbers of American-made airplanes— _ghort-nosed Curtiss Tomahawk “fighters and Glenn L. Martin bombers—are arriving in the Near. East and Sventuslly ‘may play a dominating role. . British pilots assigned to the

“largely American” fighter squadyons which already have seen action against the Germans in Syria

the past few days, said German |said

fliers were “dug for a packet (of trouble) out here.” The British fliers were proud of their ‘American-made planes, some of which had been punctured by machine gun bullets while on

* |ground strafing raids over Damas-

cus, Reyak and Palmyra in Syria.

Pilots who flew Tomahawks on some of these raids, in which Germanoccupied airports were the targets, German troop carriers, bombers and fighting planes, all bearing the green triangle insignia of Iraq, were Smashed on the ground: ‘by machine gun fire. The speed-up in American plane arrivals has coincided with the. visit in Palestine of Capt. James Roosevelt, the President’s son.

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they landed and their losses were described as tremendous.

- The empire and Greek troops | | were fighting for their lives in the knowledge that neither they nor the. Germans would be able to beat

to carry the day, pr Stoneman as they. did in Norway, Flanders and Greece, is.an .|open question. In those other countries the British were attacking troops which were being driven steadily back by German armored divisions and masses of German in-

{fantry. In none of those countries

were. the retreating Allies able io make a stand against divebombers in well-prepared positions. In Crete, it is pointed out by optimists, the Allies have had. many weeks in which to prepare positions against just such an-attack as this. From small entrenchments dotted here and'- there throughout the countryside . they: are able to pick off the. German parachutists as they land without being afinihilated by German high-level bombers. In the war at sea, it is believed

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. LONDON, May 23.—At noon today there still appeared | to be a good fighting chance that. Germany's air assault on Crete might end like the flight of Icarus,

It is admittedly not much more than a fighting ‘chance, German invaders were being . en.|gaged in dogfights wherever -

: lighter weapons they haye been. able

.|demand

1“real collaboration” with Germany

etical fnability to operate from aircraft ‘carriers in the area between iCréte and the mainland. Aircraft carriers are notoriously the most vulnerable ships afloat and the few fighter aircraft they might put into ithe air could not possible protect even . the . aircraft - carriers themselves from high-level bombing attacks by Germany’s gigantic force. One | definite. advantage which the defenders still enjoy: is the pos session of considerable quantities of artillery and tanks while the Germans are still forced to rely on the

to land by. air. "PARIS, May 20 P.) .—France is answering America’s

hat she choose between

Germany’ and Great Britain by

in establishing a new order in Europe, a German spokésman high

in political circles told American correspondents today.

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VICHY, May 23 (U. P.).—Vice today in a radio speech. to the

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