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Plane ArmadaIn Mock AttackOn New YorkGeneral Kenney Leads Superforts On Practice Run, NEW YORK. May 16. i/F—An armada of 101 representing■ the heaviest bomber slrikine force ever ass cm bird irt air review in ; the United Slates, roared over : New York today in two waves.A si arm over Mississippi forced; !a number of planes enroufe from i •Tucson, Ariz.. to land at MacDill I field, Tampa. Fla., whi.c one: wing of 33 planes was 15 minutes late in passing over the 'Target/1 area of New York.KENNEV LEADERGeneral George C. Kenney, commander of the army air forces strategic air command, who led the full-dress training review of t he nation's h c a v y b o rn b e r strength, announced the delays I when he landed a I La Guard in. •field and commented:It was pret'y good, but we could improve on :1m show.The first wave of 68 Super'ort-. nesses ^Trenkert over New* York ai 11:31 a. m lt;’ERT) after a rondo/-• vous at Cape May, N. ,T. The second wave of 33 E-29s foil owed 15 minutes Im-er in iho iraining fimli* which General Kenney named Operation Pacific/1The pianos passed over. Baltimore a: 1:05 p. m. fRST! and; ; wheeled nut over Chesapeake bay ; for a pass a: the nation's capital, i A heavy overcast obscured them 1 from Baltimoreans.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Fri, May 16, 1947
Page 1
Full Page
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Bruce M.
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