The Chinese Communist air force had a tactical advantage oyer the U.S. Far East Air Force last week. U.S. pilots were under strict orders not to cross the Korea-Manchuria border, or even to fire across it. Communist flyers, under no such handicap, were staging hit & run raids across the frontier.
The only way U.S. B-29s could bomb the Yalu River bridges without violating the border was by making long bomb runs just inside and parallel to the line running down the center of the 2,500-ft.-wide Yalu. While making such a ten-minute bomb run on Sinuiju, 24 U.S. Superforts...
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