... THE KING INSPECTS THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES His Majesty Becomes Interested in a Sound Locator During His Kent Visit The stirring events of the past tew days in the air have rather distracted the public attention from the wonderful system of anti-aircraft defence on the ground which has grown up within the past months. But the King mindful of the great work already achieved by A. A. units has ...

... IN the MIDST of BATTLE Scenes during the Actual Progress of the Air Fighting Over England rphe pictures reproduced here were all taken during the course of actual air fighting over England on the day when 180 Nati machines of all types were shot down by British fighter aircraft and A.A. batteries IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE H urricanes coming in to refuel and rearm actually during the struggle ...

... On the succeeding pages we devote considerable attention-- in diagram and letterpress-- to the methods now being evolved in aerial combat over this island. These two drawings should be taken as complementary to the Section which follows. The first drawing shows an actual enemy formation as it was witnessed over Kent a few days ago, whilst another battle between a crack Spitfire squadron and a ...

... T? REAR GUNNER SLIDES THROUGH .E CENTRE GUN TURRET TO REACH HIS OWN POSITION BEHIND The gunner is in the act of pulling himself through the centre gun turret. The marvellous intricacy of the fittings of a modern bomber are evident in this picture. The gun turret is mounted on a cylindrical base. On right An air gunner pauses before entering the bombing plane with an armful for Jerry THE ...

... THE POM-POMS AT WORK THE DESTROYER'S RANGE-FINDER THE QUICK-FIRING POM-POMS OF A BATTLESHIP-- an impressive picture of speed in action Most of the bigger vessels of the Navy are armed against aerial attack and dive- bombing by the quick-firing multiple pom-poms. These are deadly instruments, as German airmen have long since discovered. The infernal din caused by these guns when in action is ...

... PREPARATIONS for BRITA! N'S DEFENCE CONTINUE Some Scenes which Illustrate the Defensive Measures now being taken to Guard Against the' Landing of the Enemy NAVAL GUNS have been mounted round the shores and are manned day and night against the possibility of invasion. This picture shows the scene of preparedness in a Battery Observation Post during an Exercise in. the Western Command. ...

... THE MEN WHO ARE DIRECT ING THE WAR IN THE AIR Th e Air Council in Session at the Air Ministry in London In the above picture, the first of its kind to be published, are seen the following: From left to right (second from left) Air Vice Marshal A. G. R. Garrod, O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., Sir Harold G. Howitt, D.S.O., M.C.. F.C.A. (Additional Member), Air Marshal Sir Christopher L. Courtney, K.C.B., ...

... I THE BUSINESS END OF THE SUBMARINE Showing two of the six torpedo tubes which are arranged In three tiers. -,To load the tubes the doors are opened back and the torpedo Inserted. The doors are then shut and clipped and the torpedo fired by compressed air. The discharging of the torpedoes can be effected either by lever near the tube Itself or by electricity near the periscope. The actual ...

... A HUGE SCRAP HEAP WHERE WRECKED NAZI PLANES ARE DUMPED; THE PAST THREE WEEKS HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE! WORKMEN ENGAGED IN THE TASK OF BREAKING UP NAZI WARPLANES. THE ALUMINIUM AND OTHER METALS ARE USED FOR OUR OWN WAR NEEDS SECTIONS OF FUSELAGE, RIDDLED WITH BULLET-HOLES, ARE REMOVED BODILY r^ne result of the air blitzkrieg over Britain has been the sudden increase in the ...

... THE THREAT TO THE DUTCH EAST NDIES THE DUTCH EAST THE great wealth ol overseas possessio Indies, where she h ...

... FICTION or TRAVEL Both Tastes are Catered for in This Week's New Books -By Vernon Fane THE name of C. S. Forester on a new book provokes the question, Is it another Hornblower? If, after dis covering that it is not, the second ques tion arises-- Is it as good as a Hornblower? --Mr. Forester has only himself to blame for creating a classic. THE EARTHLY PARADISE (Joseph. Ss.) is a tale of the ...

... COMEDY IN THE WEST END A New Thriller and a Revival Reviewed by PHILIP PAGE ALMOST a very good play indeed of the familiar comedy-thriller type is Once a Crook at the Aldwych. Perhaps one day we may see in London again comedy without thrills and thrills without comedy, but that is by the way. A fault in the play is, I think, a certain monotony of style, language, and atmosphere. Of course in a ...