Shuttle

Fortnight ago Flying Fortresses from Italy, with Lieut. Gen. Ira Eaker riding along, made history by bombing Rumanian targets and then going on into Russia, where they landed at bases arranged at the Teheran Conference. Last week they made more history by running off the first U.S. bombing raid from Russian soil--a heavy strike at the Rumanian Danube port of Galati.

This week General Eaker and his shut-tiers, after another bombing raid in the Balkans, were back at their home fields. The shuttle plan would soon be routine.

Meanwhile the big American ground crew now stationed in the Ukraine worked at maintenance, spent its off hours learning some Russian and teaching the Russians U.S. slang. The first interchange of languages had already produced some startling results. One morning a Russian sentry greeted a U.S. colonel with a respectful: "Good morning, jerk."

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