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MOSS BROS & CO. LTD

... MOSS BR0S4 MOSS BROS RISING TO HEIGHTS You've certainly risen to the occasion, said an R A.F. officer after we'd outfitted him from top to toe in a matter of minutes. And, coming from the R A.l no praise could have been better expressed. At Moss Bros, we can lit R.A.F. Officers at a moment's notice from our range of ready-to-wear uniforms. In fact, our ser vice for all the Services is ...

Published: Saturday 26 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 155 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

NICOLLS of REGENT ST

... NICOLLS of REGENT sf FOR OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND MERCHANT SERVIQ THE N I C 0 L L 'VITABUOr 100 EFFICIENT LIFE-SAVING COAT A Regular British-Warm style Service Greatcoat which is the Best Life-Saving Garment or Appliance in the World. ALSO IN KHAKI FOR OFFICERS USING MOTOR-CYCLES AND OPEN CARS WATER-PROOF GALE-PROOF FLAME-PROOF 4 TIMES WARMER THAN ANY WOOLLEN CLOTH COAT AND QUARTER THE ...

Published: Saturday 26 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 123 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

U.S. PATROL TYPES

... - A CUTTER OF THE UNITED STATES PATROL SERYICE The U.S. Coastguard has recently laid down a number of these big cruising cutters specially strengthened against ice for service around Greenland and Iceland ONE OF THE FINE BIG DESTROYERS OF THE U.S. NAYY These are vessels of over 2,000 tons which are capable of steaming 8,000 miles at 15 knots. In patrol work a high degree of organisation and co ...

Published: Saturday 26 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 131 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

CHURCHMAN'S

... .^^s^ after duty- 15 MINUTES' PLEASURE AND SATISFACTION WITH A â– jx; It is now more than ever necessary to empty your packet at the time of purchase and leave it with your Tobacconist. Churchman's No. 1 Cigarettes: a fine 15 minutes of smooth smoking. 10 for 10d., 20 for l/8d. C.359b ...

Published: Saturday 26 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 51 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE WAR IN THE AIR

... The Mosquito, one of Britain's most success ful aircraft, is now known to be operating in the Eastern section of the World War. It is sweeping over the jungles on the Burmese frontier, harrying the Japanese forces wherever they can be spied out in this difficult land of tropical forests, rivers and streams. Both fighter and bomber versions have been engaged in the attacks on the Japanese ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 816 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Illustrations 

'Viyella

... %J Regd. %J Regd. COOL WHEN IT'S HOT WARM WHEN IT'S NOT Comfortably soft to the skin, ' Service Shirts have been on active service for half a century, and are still right for any battlefront, any climate. Made in regulation khaki, Air Force blue and white. SERVICE SHIRTS Thctrvk cjoodtiess I boucjht ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 55 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... OF REGENT STREET AND PRINCIPAL CITIES Telephone Regent 6789 I J Uniform demands A woman demands from her uniform all those qualities she expects from tailor-made garments. We have been making good clothes for men for many years, and our customers in the women's services tell us that now they know why their menfolk have always been so enthusiastic about the Austin Reed Service. A.T.S. Greatcoat ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 73 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUGSBURG RAIDED in DAYLIGHT

... Dy crossing more than a thousand miles of enemy and enemy-occupied territory in daylight, the new four- engined Lancasters of Bomber Command have just carried out one of the most daring flights of the war. Their objective was the fac tory of the Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nurnberg A.G., where heavy tanks and Diesel engines for warships are made. Setting out in the after noon, the twelve ...

Published: Saturday 25 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 235 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 25 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 0 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Illustrations 

PIGEONS of the R.A.F.: Carried by the Long-range flying Boats for Use in an Emergency

... PIGEONS of the R.A.F. Carried by the Long-range Hying Boats for Use in an Emergency TO-DAY, in the R.A.F., 500,000 homing pigeons are being used for operational work. Of this number, 2,000 birds are on duty daily with Coastal Command, ready to carry messages from long-range reconnaissance aircraft when circumstances demand that the radio shall remain silent. At first a large number of trained ...

Published: Saturday 25 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1244 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE DESTRUCTIVENESS OF NEAR MISSES

... The U.S. aircraft-tender Langley was recently sunk in the Pacific by near misses from Japanese bombs. Water, being incompressible, conveys explosion waves for considerable distances anc a near miss by, say, 30 yards, is often sufficient to open up seams in a ship's plates whicl will flood her below the water-level and eventually sink her without a direct hit being scored 3 THE DESTRUCTIVENESS ...

Published: Saturday 25 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 731 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Illustrations