... THE FIGHT OF THE NINE: THE PRELUDE TO THE FAMOUS VICTORY OF THE NINE FRENCH FIGHTERS OVER THE 27 MESSERSCHMITTS A BRITISH FIGHTER DARTS OUT OF A CLOUD-BANK PURSUED BY THE NAZI CIRCUS, JUST WHEN A FRENCH FIGHTER PATROL HAPPENS TO BE PASSING. (Specially drawn for The Illustrated War News by C. F.. Turner.) The victory won by the nine French fighters over the twenty-seven Messerschmitts over ...

... A HEAVY BOMBER ISSUED TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN LARGE NUMBERS IN 1937 THE HANDLEY PAGE HARROW WHICH, POWERED WITH PEGASUS XX. ENGINES, HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 200 M.P.H. AND A RANGE, WITH NORMAL BOMB-LOAD, OF 1250 MILES. Charles E. Brown.) The Handley Page 41 Harrow twin-engined heavy bombers were ordered in large numbers for the R.A. F. in 1936 and a year later the contract had been completed ...

... HOW OUR DEFENSIVE SEARCHLIGHTS GET THEIR CURRENT INDEPENDENTLY OF CIVIL ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES, THEREBY ENSURING THAT AIR RAID DAMAGE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THEIR WORKING NIGHT DUTY AT A MOBILE POWER-UNIT. B (Keystone.) ...

... THE FAIREY BATTLE DAY BOMBER THE FASTEST SINGLE-ENGINED BOMBER IN THE R.A.F. AND USED FOR RECONNAISSANCE DUTIES. (Charles E. Brown.) i The Fairey Battle two-seat day bomber (Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine) is the fastest of the three more modern types of single-engined bombers now in 1 service with the Royal Air Force. It can carry a disposable load of 4125 lb. j at a maximum speed of 257 m.p ...

... THE ARMSTRONG- WHITWORTH WHITLEY, A HEAVY, TWIN-ENGINED NIGHT BOMBER, CARRYING A NORMAL CREW OF FIVE. (Chatles E. Brown.) i nougn nine nas oeen heard of this type of bomber so far, it is one of a group of heavy bomber designs-- including the Hampden and the Wellington, illustrated in this issue which provide a powerful deterrent to the carrying-out of German plans for large-scale attacks on ...

... A FAST BRITISH FIGHTER 'PLANE WHICH BROUGHT DOWN HEINKELS IN THE GERMAN ATTACK ON A BRITISH CONVOY THE Hi WKER HURRICANE; AND (RIGHT) A RECONNAISSANCE 'PLANE IN GENERAL USE WITH THE B.E.F.-- THE WESTLAND LYSANDER. (Photographs by Charles E. Brown.) On the left of this double-page we show one of Britain's fast fighter 'planes, the Hawker Hurricane, which has a maximum speed of 335 m.p.h. ...

... THE MOST POWERFUL SHIP-BORNE AIRCRAFT IN QUANTITY PRODUCTION FOR ANY NAVY: BLACKBURN SKUAS ON PATROL. (Charles E. Brown.) The Blackburn Skua was the first specific dive-bomber aircraft to be constructed in England. It is officially described as a fighter-dive-bomber, and is the first of a new class to be standardised for aircraft-carrier operation. Its duties include fighting hostile ...

... THE DIGGING WAR ON THE BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SECTION AT A FORWARD SECTOR CONSTRUCTING EMPLACEMENTS-- IN WHICH ARE VISIBLE PREDICTORS AND A HEIGHT-FINDER WHILE AN OBSERVER SCANS THE SKIES FROM A SPECIAL CHAIR. (British Official Photograph.) So far the war on the British Front has been largely a 44 digging war and above we show a British anti-aircraft section digging-in on ...

... AN INFORMAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM DOWNING STREET SOME MEMBERS OF BRITAIN'S WAR CABINET, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER (THIRD ON LEFT). {A.P.) Three members of Britain's War Cabinet (which consists of nine) are absent from our photograph Mr. Churchill, Sir John Simon, and Sir Samuel Hoare. Left to right in the photograph are Sir John Anderson, Lord Halifax, Mr. Chamberlain, Sir Kingsley Wood, Mr. Hore ...

... DIE WACBT AM RHE1N WASHED OUT AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SIEGFRIED LINE TAKEN BY ALLIED RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT SHOWING (LEFT) GERMAN FORTIFICATIONS ON A RIVER-BANK AND (RIGHT) THE SAME PILL-BOXES (INDICATED BY ARROWS) 14 ENCIRCLED BY FLOOD-WATER. (S. and G The recent heavy rain experienced on the Western Front was responsible for revealing some of the weaknesses of the Siegfried Line. On ...

... THE R.A.F. LINK TRAINER, IN USE-- SAVING TIME BY ENABLING BLIND-FLYING INSTRUCTION TO BE GIVEN ON THE GROUND. The Link trainer illustrated on these pages is an American invention adopted by the Air Ministry as a standard method of instruction, which faithfully repro duces conditions likely to be met by pilots, who are now enabled to gain proficiency in blind flying, necessitated by fog or ...

... SUPERMARINE SPITFIRES: A FORMIDABLE TYPE OF FIGHTER NOW ESCORTING RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT OVER THE GERMAN LINES. Charles E. Brown.) The Royal Air Force has two standard fighters which are justly claimed to be among the most formidable of their type and should prove of immense value in a war where the superiority of the single-seat fighter remains definite. One of these, the Vickers ...