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AFTER the GREAT AIR BATTLE: British Fighter Pilots Resting After Their Return From Mid-Channel

... AFTER the GREAT AIR BATTLE British Fighter Pilots Resting After Their Return From Mid-Channel i--xin-roMni-n jh gg.aMatfjKaffia-.-.i t .all r V t V. !*_v -1^ r .1 ^mL^LJU^^V^..friER 1HE'R EARLY MORNING CALL TO COMBAT-- FIGHTER PILOTS RESTING ON THE AERODROME AFTER THE ATTACK ON DOVER HARBOUR REPULSED WITH VERY HEAVY LOSSES TO THE ENEMY. Inset THE RETURN OF THE TRIUMPHANT HURRICANES AFTER THE ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 252 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BAD WEATHER PROBLEMS IN THE AIR: Some of the Unfavourable Conditions the Bombers Have to Face--Special Sphere ..

... BAD WEATHER PROBLEMS IN THE AIR Some of the Unfavourable Conditions the Bombers Have to Face Special Sphere Drawings Weather plays a larger part in flying operations than the majority of non-flying people realise. Owing to the great speed at which even a slow aeroplane flies, and owing to the need constantly to pick up check points, bad weather brings a definite stop to the activity of some ...

IN PALESTINE TO-DAY: A LAND UNITED AGAINST the COMMON FOE: British and Empire Troops are Aided by French and ..

... IN PALESTINE TO-DAY: A LAND UNITED AGAINST the COMMON FOE British and Empire Troops are Aided by French and Arab Volunteers in Holding the Land Against Any Enemy Action From Far or Near When Jews from the iridusttial areas of Ger many, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Rumania began to settle in Palestine and to establish industries similar to those which they had followed in the land of ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 508 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

With the BIG FLYING BOATS: The Culinary Department on the Short Sunderlands; and a New Picture of the Bomb ..

... With the BIG FLYING BOATS The Culinary Department on the Short Sunderlands and a New Pic ture of the Bomb-aimer's Office IN THE NOSE OF A GIANT SUNDERLAND OF THE COASTAL COMMAND: The bomb aimer sets his bomb sights ready for action whilst on patrol with a British Convoy. This picture was taken during a flight by the Royal Australian Air Force, who have been co-operating on escort work ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 241 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The THAMES NAVY ON PARADE

... THE WAR SECRETARY'S VISIT, WHEN HE INSPECTED TROOPS AND DEFENCES THE PRINCESS ROYAL PRESENTS TWO AIR AMBULANCES TO THE R.A.F. Three months ago a scheme was launched whereby girl guides were to subscribe £20,000 of their pocket money to buy two air ambulances for the R.A.F., costing £15,000, and a motor lifeboat, costing £5,000. A few days ago, the Princess Royal, on behalf of the Girl Guides' ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 376 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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A WAR NEWSLETTER--NO. XLVIII

... A WAR NEWSLETTER- No. xlviii _ 32-34. St. Bride Street, E.C.4 TO TRY OR NOT TO TRY?-- Much that is false or misinformed is still obtained from German and disseminated by American and other neutral journalists, by our own Intelligence ser vice and by a study of the contemporary presses of the Axis and controlled states (which presses are not quite so colourless and controlled as most people ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2120 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

IN SYRIA TO-DAY: Section of the Near East which Has Been Left in an Uncertain State by the Collapse of France's ..

... INI ^VIP I J\ TO HAV Section of the Near East which Has Been Left in an IN J I IX I r\ I V-/-L/A-\ I Uncertain State by the Collapse of France's Imperial Policy FRANCE has long coveted Syria. Her claim is based on the Latin kingdom established in Syria at the time of the Crusades. Its duration was brief, but French memory is enduring, and this far-distant claim was actually brought forward at ...

IN DESERTED SYRIA: An Historic Land Where Crusaders Fought and Arab Blades Have Flashed, Now Left to an Unknown ..

... IN DESERTED 5 ►YRIA J*, It! k'l lift lOKKlVj An Historic Land Where Crusaders Fought and Arab Blades Have Flashed, Now Left to an Unknown Fate by the Fall of France SYRIA STILL HOLDS RECORDS OF ITS STORIED PAST s Among the hills of Syria the bastions and curtain walls of Norman castles erected in the days of the Crusades still stand AN EXTRAORDINARY FEATURE OF AN ANCIENT SYRIAN CASTLE: THE ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 349 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs 

With the BOMBER COMMAND: Some New Pictures of their Unceasing Work in the Night Skies

... With the BOMBERCOMMAND Some New Pictures of their Unceasing Work in the Nifcht Skies THE REAR GUNNER GOES ABOARD: Here is the I lower gunner of a Hampden bomber climbing into his tiny compartment where he will remain throughout the course of the flight. A companion has another gun turret to himself above the fuselage in a similar position. but looking upwards; still a third gunner can be ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 332 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MEKNES OUTRAGE: A Fresh Demonstration of Nazi Disregard for Humanity: And a Belated Picture of the Tragedy ..

... THE MEKNES OUTRAGE A Fresh Demonstration of Nazi Disregard for Humanity And a Belated Picture of the Tragedy of the Lancastria STRANGE GARB WORN BY SURVIVORS OF THE MEKNES: PYJAMAS, RUGGER SHIRTS, SHORTS AND CYCLING KIT WERE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO CLOTHE THE FRENCH NAVAL OFFICERS AND RATINGS RESCUED AFTER THE DISASTER ANYTHING TO COVER THEMSELVES IN DECENCY Undersize sweater, tattered trousers ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 364 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs