IMPACT 1944 04 (PDF)

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IMPACT          April 1944          52 Pages

Vol. 2 No. 4

Cover: Palmy Days for the B-24

Articles Inside:

Target: German Fighter Industry
     The Quarry: Me-109, FW-190, Ju-88, Me-110, Me-410
     Five Vital Twin-Engine Fighter Plants Going Up In Smoke
     Gotha, Aschersleben, Bernburg, Furth, Augsburg
     Regensburg Rebuilt, Then Reblitzed By 8th, 15th
     Another Me-109 System Is Wiped Out By 8th AF As RAF Hits City   (Leipzig-Heiterblick)
     Smoke Pinpoints Ball Bearing Plant

Double Lufberry (Circle) As Flown By 8th Fighter Command
     Now We’ve Seen ‘Most Everything

Toward Truk and Beyond . . .
     1. 7th Air Force Full Partner in Triphibious War
         Makin Damage Cleared, Supplies Landed
         Building Airfield is a Most Necessary Step
         Fields Put to Use
         Installations Target for Landing Period
         Continued Attacks Helped Take Eniwetok

     2. Doomsday At Dagua, SWPA
         5th AF Weakens Wewak To Aid Admiralties
         Phosphorus Bombs Do Duty For Both AAF And The Japs

     3. Altitude Bombing By the 13th Writes Epitaph for Rabaul
         Typical 13th AF Formation
         At Rabaul Ships Desert the Rats

     4. Truk
         Marine Reconnaissance And Navy Bombing Point The Way To Carolines
         More of Same Due From Navy, 7th AF

Puzzle Pictures
     Can You Tell What Is In These Aerial Photographs?
     Whatizits Form Daily PI Diet

For the Photo-Interpreter

Round 1: AAF Clips Enemy At Cassino

‘If At First You Don’t Succeed’
     10th AF Has 1-2 Punch to Take Care of Such a Situation

What Are the Wild Waves Saying?

Insuring Minimum Jap Use of French Indochina

Air vs. Rail
     But Sad Ballad of an Axis ‘Casey’ Jones Has No Overtones of Post-War Competition