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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, March 14, 1953

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                16 the stars and stripes saturday a Cutcli  Romiles from East line Craft on Berlin roil not affected to Weneburg British 2o be March 13" up British authorities disclosed tonight that All Royal air Force planes. Have been ordered to keep at least 10 Miles away from the Iron curtain fron. " a spokesman at Raf a adquary lers in bad Eilsen said the order applies to a planes 0f Tfife--2d tactical air Force on training and patrol missions. The order does not apply to military and civilian planes flying to Berlin the spokesman added so v i e t officials meanwhile stalled off British investigators at tempting to reach the scene of the bomber shot Down by russian migs yesterday afternoon. The bomber crashed three Miles inside the soviet zone. East Hospital the Only British airman of the seven Man Crew who survived the attack was believed by British officials Here to be in. A Hospital in the soviet zone Frontier town of Boiz Enburg Only a Short Way from the crash scene. Three parachutes were seen inthe air but Only two landed in the West. Both of the Crew members died from injuries. German truck Drivers coming through the soviet zone rep6rted seeing an injured airman picked a by the East German people s police and soviet  whereabouts of the bodies of the your men who crashed with the plane there unknown. Pare payrolls services told continued from Page 1 and that those responsible will take the Ini mauve in making them we Soin said is program the r payroll would tie Cut from s36,9itcivilian employees on Jan."31 to s2lf-wh on May 31, 8 net reduction of 15j917. ,. The Navy civilians would be Cut from 474.662 on Jan. 31 to 460.soo, k be i reduction of 14,062, the air Force payroll would be reduce from 31567 on Jan. 31 to 506,600, a net slash of 9,367. Wilson also set an interim goal calling for a cutback of 26,446 civil Ian employees by april 30, leaving. Go employment ceiling of 1,301,100 r Normal torn Dver Bason s order was not expected to eliminate civilian hiring completely. Iat least part of the Cut Jijak win be taken care of by Normal payroll turnover of about 2 � per cent a  said each service Secretary would determine the order of priority for cutting Back and would shift employment in such a Elsaa Ner As to obtain the most effective use of the personnel  la an order issued feb. 4, Wilson had set the civilian employment ceiling at the Jan. 31 level. He also barred any shift of military men to to Epact civilian employees. Wilson said exceptions can be made to his order Only in cases involving Hie gaiety of personnel the Protection of property or the Security of the us even then he said such exceptions must be reported to him immediately Boad conditions Heidelberg March 13 Spe Cial military police reported that Sis of Troon today roads were dry it Augsburg Berlin Bremerhaven. Frankfurt Heidelberg Nur Foerg a Sere lantern Wiesbaden and Wuerzburg Snow covered at the Brenner pass wet at Gar Mist  wet and icy at Munich i"il5 London. Marth a up to soviet Russia charged of Tay that the Brit ish bomber shot Down by sovietm1g15 fighter planes Over Ger Many yesterday bad violated communist territory andr opened fir first f Fieri Vassily 1," Chat Ikon so Jet commander in 5ermariy,i  Teller to sir Lyone Kirkpatrick British High commissioner for Germany that the British Lincoln bomber which had been flying in the Berlin air corridor after violating the demarcation line Fol Lowed a course Over the German democratic Republic territory"./. St penetrated 120 Kilometres into German democratic Republic Ter ritory.".i./y--. Of Moscow broadcast a Chulkov a letter was broadcast by radio Moscow and monitored Here. _ Chulkov Sain two soviet fighters ordered the bomber to follow them to a Landing Field. However the trespassing aircraft. Not Only did not comply with this just request but. Opened fire on the soviet . The soviet planes were then compelled to fire in  he said the British plane crashed in. East Germany. One wounded Man who was taken to a Hospital and four bodies were found near the plane. Two aircraft cannons a Large Caliper machine gun am munition and used cartridges were found in the wreckage he added. The British foreign office announced at the noon press Confer ence today that the Lincoln bomber had no ammunition aboard so that it could not . Back. The foreign office spokesman described the soviet note As ridiculous and a Gross distortion of  Blank forms the Speed with which the russian note was presented would seem to indicate they Are printed a  Blanks for the Date and Pia be to be filled to the spokesman said the foreign office said the  the Raf plane was 72 Miles inside the soviet zone of Germany shows a degree of incompetence in russian aircraft navigation which is almost incredible the spokesman said that  ing from soviet i Ines was one thing but it was an unpardonable outrage to. Attack and shoot Down a plane which showed no sign of aggression " -. The three air corridors inking Western Germany with Berlin were Laid Down by Ihor four Power con  in a november  is 20 Miles wide and May be used by any aircraft civil  itary of the occupying Powers with out prior notice. Or we have no reason to to think that this British aircraft had deviated in any material Way from the Cor  i. Soviet fliers shoot around us Airliner continued from Page 1 v " a gesture to get fur ther  Bea spokesman explained the soviet planes presumably fired As a warning to keep the Viking Well into the corridor. The spokesman said he could not give any other details. He did not elaborate on whether Ery near the Border meant the plane was inside for outside the corridor allotted by the soviets in � to Allied planes flying into Berlin  x a " Chauns end Riviera visit Nice March-13 up Charlie Chaplin and his wife Dona left by plane today for Geneva Switzer land after a six Day stay in this Riviera resort continued from Gage 1 them into custody and placed their old training plane under guard. British officials refused to say whether the fliers request would be met they said too it prob ably would be a Day or so before the fliers dotted to permitted to Tell their Story to the press. The three id austrian officials Landing said they pistols. Saw their were grinning and evidently pleased with their trip. A of they were Lucky to have avoided russian ".jets, Llang numbers of which were flying Over the soviet zone of Austria Early this morning. According to United press their flight took them across a portion of hungarian territory As Well. They were reported to have hedge hopped All the Way. In order tomake interception by the reds Dif Baker moves Tokyo March 13 up a Texas colonel became the world s leading Jet Ace today by shooting Down his 12th communist mig15 in one of a series of Aerial Battles Over North Korea that saw four migs destroyed. -.-. /. Col Boyal no Baker of Mckinney tex., shot Down his 12th Mig a Sabre jets screened a maximum Effort. Fighter bomber assault on communist. Supplies and troops after being grounded three Days by foul weather. The old Jet record of 11 migs destroyed wats set by maj George a Davis jr., of Lubbock tex., who is now missing in action. Baker also has knocked Down one propeller driven red fighter. Be sides Hia 11 Migaj Davis had claimed three Jpio Pelteir driven fighters leaving him still the no. 1 warns be wat continued from not Cross the czechoslovak Border at any  note continued the czechoslovak govern ment s attempted explanation of this incident is a falsification of facts designed to. Cover its responsibility for this inexcusable action."1  czech foreign a ice was re minded thai after a series of Border incidents in 1951 the czechoslovak  Lead Fereen instructed to keep a distance of 3d Kilometres about 12 modes from the us. Zone. A thereafter the czech foreign of fice admitted several violations by czech aircraft the flagrant incident of March 10 indicates however that the czechoslovak government has reverted to its Prex Ous practice of misrepresentation the note said and added that it was. Apparent that the former Buffer zone order is no longer in effect action in Germany in View of this attitude of the czechoslovak government the United states authorities in Ger Many will taken the measures Nec Essary to prevent any further violations of the Border of the United states zone by czechoslovak air Craft and any repetition of the present incident the note  the is. Demanded an expression of regret from the czechoslovak government and an Assurance that no such incidents will our again disciplinary Meas ures against offending fliers and immediate compensation for the destroyed fs4 Jet fighter plane. In giving the detailed american version of the incident the note said two american planes were sent up to investigate after unidentified aircraft were detected on a radar scope they were met by t Craft approaching from the East r a Mig plane closed on the Tail of one of the fb4 aircraft to less than 100 Yards and opened fire fighter put of the War. Areas of three incidents involving communist migs in West Ger Man in. Past week Are indicated by is. Tuesday a a czech plane shutdown a Safe f8 near keep Nabors. The yank put parachuted safely. Thursday soviet migs shot Down a British bomber near Bleck Ede killing six1 aboard. On same  made a threat ening pass at a British bomber in Rassel areas a map the right stabilize the tank was kno plane which could controlled crashed afterwards in the zone and the Pilot Down by Parachute a states zone British russian do need rom shortly after it was the death toll in the the bomber had the bomber s Pilot morning. Five other killed yesterday. The nuanced that they had the Man under treatment a an East. German a meeting of the d.5 French High  Here to consider about attacks by cod which shot Down two in the last three Days vat even before the their protest Chulkov Hadu a note alleging that plane had violated soviet Mitory and had fired first a Faote in put charge the British protest did lion the soviet allegations ignoring them indicated the British note said at about 1430 hours Royal air Force was attacked and shot Dowel Viet fighter aircraft in Burg Berlin air corridor not zonal Frontier. I protest in the Strong Obj against this Delic Wutte Slih o ogres soon involving hum of British airmen. I request vesti gation should be immediately by the soviet cities and that those this outrage be punished due reparation be Flada lbs to persons and  the Western High met for More than an Hoar Tat fused to disclose details to to of cushions. T Kirkpatrick said of tap tit present his Sharp protest of Kov spoke for Ruelf. -. J the commissioner in were awaiting further from their governments while the Hlf met the us. And Bruf car is announced that their would not be Frig German Skler by in Sov Lef the us. Aira plane to attacking communist  Day announced its Fly a Orient Raf commanders orders to All British especially Alert f Whethe soviet zone Border a i said that flying British planet Niue a usual there Cut Down in training the British  a a Rifis Autho rih tactical air Force Eilsen announced the bomber s Pilot the Pilot and the parachuted into West from the stricken a sighed to German navigator died yesterday at Lauenberg. The put first Tri Leoe Buric " was transferred night. British disclose where he the a diets members " of theman Crew were found wreckage in East said one was taken Jared to an East psf  
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