... The German at home may fondly imagine that British ships are being sent to the bottom at a fantastic rate a certain number of them are being sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic but, pro rata, German and Italian shipping is suffering much more heavily at the hands of the R.A.F. And the enemy's need for what remains of his mercantile fleet is even greater than our own. More and more, owing to the ...

... A Series of Pictures of the Huge American-built Bombers which Carried Out the First Stratosphere Raids on the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau SEATED WELL UP IN THE NOSE, a Squadron Leader of the R.A.F. operates the controls of the huge bomber he has with him in the aircraft a crew of from seven to nine i.-- i-- AN EXTERNAL VIEW OF ONE OF THE GUN POSITIONS There are five rifle-calibre guns, and ...

... How GERMANY has Worked on JAPAN: But Japan herself has yet to Decide her Own Destiny By HERMIONE BEAUCLERK AND Japan? Very small. Yet not so small as to have escaped the machinations of Nazidom, and large enough for politicians of every nationality to have to keep a weather eye aware of Japan's activities. Large enough to have overrun Korea and Manchuria, Formosa and the Peninsula of ...

... THE BURMA ROAD, LOOKING TOWARDS THE CHINESE FRONTIER and the native- built bombers which the Japanese are using in their air operations against China Working from their newly-acquired bases in French Indo-China, the Japanese are now within striking distance by air of the Burma Road. The bombers they are likely to use for this task are the Mitsubishi Otori 96, shown above. The Otori (which ...

... THE R.A.F. OUT ON A DAYLIGHT HUNT FOR ENEMY SHIPPING IN THE CHANNEL- Drawine bv W. G. Whitakcr Now that the R.A.F. have established a superiority over the enemy in the Channel area, they are going out daily in quest of targets and in daylight, too Whenever the weather is propitious, Blenheim bombers range along the length of the French coast and the Low Countries. The success they have already ...

... ^he King has just completed a three-day visit to the Home Fleet in Northern waters, during which he slept aboard Britain's newest and mightiest battleship, the King George V. From the bridge this 35,000-ton vessel Admiral Tovey directed the Fleet in the action against the Bismarck J a°d the Admiral's cabin of the same vessel the Commander-in-Chief was invested with the K.C.B. >y the King. ...

... THE NEW ZEALAND PREMIER WITH DOMINION AIRMEN Mr. Peter Frazer, now in Great Britain, has just paid a visit to a New Zealand Fighter Command in the Home Counties. Here he is seen chatting to a Squadron Leader who has been awarded the D.F.C. and Bar, and who, in addition to shooting down a big bag of German machines, has himself been shot down eight times iiUSSIAN FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN ENGLAND In ...

... TARGET FOR TO. HAY* And the Men Who Bom>> it I /vrvvj C I rui\ I KJ-U/\ T A Series of Official Pictures |argets in the Rhineland were amongst the objectives attacked by aircraft of the R.A.F. on the night of Saturday, August 16. The Secretary j of State for Air, Sir Archi bald Sinclair, accompanied by the Under Secretary of State for Air, Sir Hugh Seely, flew to an R.A.F. station on that ...

... HOW A DAYLIGHT ATTACK IS CARRIED OUT: THE BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS AT THE RENDEZVOUS Stirling bombers (one is seen on the right) form up with their fighter escort over the south-east coait preparatory to crossing the Channel for France. The huge Stirlings have four engines the fighters are single-engined Hurricanes FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS ON THE WAY The Hurricane fighters have closed in on the bomber ...

... THE 44 ARK ROYAL OUT ON PATROL Som e of the aircraft flown from her wide flight deck are actually seen in the air. The carrier has accommodation, under actual war conditions, for sixty of these. This picture was taken, whilst out on patrol, from an accompanying destroyer ANOTHER EPISODE IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: AN AMERICAN-BUI A GERMAN FOUR-ENGINED FOCKE-WULF BOMBER, which was attempt ...

... PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF REGENCY Colonel H.H. Prince Aditya, a nephew of the ex-King Prajadhipok, and one of the two members of the Regency Council ruling the country during the Boy King's minority PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER General Luang Bipul Songgram, who holds both posts and who is regarded as the strong man of the country. He was educated at a French military college. The General was ...

... TO SAVE THE PILOTS OF THE R.A.F. the new rescue floats now moored in the channel As described in previous issues of The Sphere, these M Air-Sea Rescue floats (run by the Navy and the R.A.F.) are for the rescue of British pilots forced down over the Channel. They are painted yellow and red, with prominent Red Cross markings and have been specially designed to make it easy for an exhausted pilot ...