... RUSSIAN-BUILT RATA MONOPLANE, which has been doing very good work against the German bombers of Leningrad. Drawing by Roland Davies iring the Spanish War, aeronautical observers throughout Europe were electrified by the bcesses of a new-type Russian fighter aircraft in many air combats its great manoeuvrability ab'ed it to shoot down numbers of German and Italian aircraft fighting on the side ...

... ONE OF THE NEW STANDARD STEAM TRAMPS BEING BUILT IN HONG KONG UNDER THE WARTIME PROGRAMME These fine-looking and serviceable vessels are 425 ft. long, 56 ft. in beam, and 35 ft. from deck to keel they have a dead weight of 10,050 tons. They are being built in shipyards in China and will prove a very welcome addition to Britain's mercantile navy, depleted owing to enemy action. Hong Kong is ...

... THE SQUADRON LEADER OF AN AIRACOBRA SQUADRON (a holder of the D.F.C.) climbing into the cockpit of his plane THE NEW AMERICAN ADDITIONS TO THE R.A.F. The unorthodox Beil Airacobras which are. now in actual service and flying with the Fighter Command in Britain TAKING OFF A picture which shows the unusual appearance of the Airacobra's tricycle undercarriage THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC A ...

... FIGHTING IN THE CLOUDS The Woolly Wonderland Above the Earth By KENELM LOCKE TO leave the cold, dewy ground in the chill gloom of early morning, climb for thousand upon thousand of feet upward through massive banks of cumulo-nimbi, veiling the earth and blotting out utterly the sky; to break through the top at last and find blue skies clear, and [sunshine and perfect peace; then to glance ...

... WOMEN LUMBERJACKS IN A NORTHUMBERLAND FOREST A most hefty wartime job is that of the women lumberjacks in a Northumberland forest near Beadnel. Thirty-five such girls have now been recruited for this heavy work, the Home Grown Pit Wood and Timber Department of the Ministry of Supply being in charge. Their duties are cross-cutting, peeling, loading and measuring and supplying pit props for the ...

... Other Things Than War Religious Usages; The Dukeries in V^artime; A Question of Oil The Language of the Times A NOTE ON INCENSE.-- I am too old a hand as a journalist to believe that one can write in the Press on a religious topic without bringing a hornets nest of criticism about one's ears. And I am too old a journalist to welcome a hornets' nest. But I venture to set forth in the ...

... THE BITTER STRUGGLE IN RUSSIA A Special Section Describing the Far Northern Sector, the Routes by which Aid can be sent to Russia, and a Secret Storehouse beyond the Urals SPANISH VOLUNTEERS OFF TO THE EAST FRONT These men ere ell members of the Blue Division Spaniards who have volunteered for service with the German Army in its campaign against Russia. All these men are supposed to have ...

... BRITISH and U.S. AID for RUSSIA The Routes by which Vital Supplies Can be Sent to Our Ally IT is fully realised that trans port, both by land and sea, is the greatest difficulty in the task of getting adequate war supplies to Russia, difficulties which are increased by the broad gauge of the Russian railways making it impossible to send rolling-stock straight through on the routes which pass ...

... THE ENTRY INTO IRAN How We Secured Control of the Oil Refinery at Abadan in the Persian Gulf W^hen it became essential to enter Iran in order to safeguard British and Russian interests in that country, our troops attacked the island of Abadan, on the River Shatt-el-Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf, as their first objective. On this island is the largest oil refinery in the world and it is ...

... The British Army in Action Pictures Taken During the Biggest Manoeuvres Ever Held in Britain he greatest and most com prehensive manoeuvres ever held in this country during peace- or wartime have just been concluded by the Army. Thousands of men and vehicles, comprising whole armies, took part in the mock battles which raged over an area covering the whole or the Midlands and which affected ...

... A BEAUFORT'S MONTH: PILOT OFFICER STOCKLEY, the navi- gator He was twenty years old, had fiery red hair, and joined the R.A.F. Coastal Command in wartime straight from school THE WIRELESS OPERATOR, Sergeant E. A. C. Williams, who came from Canterbury, Kent, and who in peacetime worked in a finance house THE REAR GUNNER, Sergeant R. Marshal, a Lancashire man, who was once a commercial traveller ...

... THERE were a Beaufort crew which were taking part in the Battle of the Atlantic. The crew have been reported missing now. But during the month before they took off on their last flight they made themselves a memorable reputation. During tftat montn tney made sixteen long war flights over the Atlantic, putting in nearly eighty hours flving time on active operations. On some of the flights they ...